TOPSHOT - The Moon as seen over Santa Monica, California on during the "Super Blood Moon" total eclipse. ET, roughly an hour after the partial eclipse phase ends. This happens when the edge of the Earth's shadow casts over the moon. ET.Ībout an hour prior, a penumbral eclipse will occur at approximately 9:31 p.m. reports that a partial eclipse will begin on May 15 at 10:28 p.m. ![]() Sky gazers can begin to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon the night prior on Sunday, May 15 as well - although exact timing depends on where viewers are watching from. This is when it will look like a blood moon, taking on its reddish hue. The Flower Moon will reach its peak just after midnight on Monday, May 16 at 12:11 a.m. A super moon is a name given to a full (or new) moon that occurs when the moon is in perigee - or closest to the earth - and it is the moon's proximity to earth that results in its brighter and bigger appearance. ![]() It is the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, which coincides with a supermoon. The "supermoon" phenomenon is most commonly defined as "any full Moon that occurs when the Moon is at at least 90% of perigee (the point in the Moon's orbit where it is closest to Earth)," according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.ĪUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 26: The Total Lunar Eclipse of the Moon is seen on in Auckland, New Zealand. This month's full moon is recognized as the Flower Moon - a tribute to the season's colorful blossoms in spring - and will reach its peak during the night of May 15 into the early morning of May 16 this year.įollowing last month's Black Moon, which coincided with the first solar eclipse of the year, the Flower Moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse, and will also be the year's first supermoon! (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)Īpril showers bring May. ![]() The period of totality during this eclipse, when Earth's shadow is directly across the moon and it is at its reddest, will last 1 hour, 42 minutes and 57 seconds, making it the longest viewable lunar eclipse this century. HECHINGEN, GERMANY - JULY 27: A Blood Moon rises above The Hohenzollern Castle, the ancestral seat of the Prussian Royal House and of the Hohenzollern Princes, situated at the periphery of the Swabian Alb on Jin Hechingen, Germany.
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