It was 33 years ago and it won’t happen again until 2033.
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When will it happen, and how long will it last? Here in the Northeast we’ll be able to see a total lunar eclipse. It’s a Harvest Moon or Super Moon, that’s when the Moon is closest to the Earth. During a total lunar eclipse, the sun, Earth and moon form a line in space.
NASA will provide a live video feed of the entire eclipse – an option in case clouds obscure your own view.
Stargazers can look forward to seeing moon bathed in tints of red. According to NASA, the Moon can appear up 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter when it is at its closest point.
In the early hours of Monday, 28 September, you can expect to see the event gradually as the moon appears closer to our planet than usual from around 2am.
For a little more than an hour, the full moon will all but disappear behind Earth, covered by a shadow, before re-emerging as the moves travels from west-to-east. So, when the moon is full, and reaches perigee, it is a big, bright white moon that we call a supermoon.
“What we have coming up is the entire moon’s moving into the thickest part of the earth’s shadow”, explains Pitkin.
Known as a “Blood Moon” the phenomena will only happen if atmospheric condition are just right. Luckily that nickname isn’t a sign of things to come. The reddish hue given to the moon causes many to title this total eclipse a blood moon.
No. Christian minister John Hagee claimed that the event was a signal being sent by God. Scientists quickly proved Hagee’s theory as false.
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People near Iowa City planning to watch tonight’s super-lunar eclipse, are invited to the roof of Van Allen Hall at the University of Iowa.
