A phenomenon occurs when a complete eclipse of the moon coincides with a moon that is very close to Earth.
Stargazers across Asia Pacific and America will have a chance to miss Wednesday to see the “Super Flower Blood Moon” – the big red-orange moon – which astronomers will once show once in a decade.
The lunar eclipse is the result of the first complete eclipse of more than two years occurring at the same time the moon is very close to Earth.
The eclipse is scheduled to begin at 08:47 GMT and the moon is expected to be the earth’s shadow between 11:11 and 11:26 GMT – the evening in Asia Pacific and the dawn in the Americas.
The moon will darken and turn red – the effects of sunlight returning to the atmosphere. Experts say that dyes vary from one eclipse to one and that most of the dust and clouds in the Earth’s atmosphere are visible.
Unlike the solar eclipse, this phenomenon will be clearly seen with the naked eye.
Super Moon, the moon closest to the Earth, at a distance of 360,000 kilometers (225,000 miles).
In fact, it can look very bright at 30% and 14% much larger than its remote location – a difference of about 50,000km (30,000 miles).
Mo Full Moon + Over? It’s time for a show.
Tomorrow morning, the moon passes over the shadow of the Earth. If you live in Southeast Asia, Polynesia, the western US, or Central and South America, set your alarms. Map and details: https://t.co/3vvbhoyLBL pic.twitter.com/ow7W4eaflj
– NASA (@NASA) May 25, 2021
The full moon of May is known as the Flower Moon because it occurs after spring flowers.
“The interest has grown tremendously,” Andrew Jacobs, director of astronomy at the Sydney Observatory, told AFP.
Jacobs is participating in the visual event of the COVID-19 with telescopes and professional speakers. “I’m looking forward to a good night.” The event will be lively and 20,000 users have already registered.
For those who want to see for themselves, Jacobs predicted that the best ideas would be “Australia, New Zealand, and the vast Pacific. New Guinea is looking good again.”
“Americans watch you very early in the morning, but they don’t look at all aspects of the eclipse,” he said.
According to Bill Cooke of NASA: “People in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands will see the end of the eclipse – it will be a sign for them.”
Next month Super Blood is expected to take place in 2033.
