{"id":125378,"date":"2021-05-17T19:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125378"},"modified":"2021-05-17T19:23:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T19:23:20","slug":"the-sky-spectacle-of-the-year-a-super-blood-moon-and-lunar-eclipse-is-coming-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/the-sky-spectacle-of-the-year-a-super-blood-moon-and-lunar-eclipse-is-coming-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The sky spectacle of the year: A super blood moon and lunar eclipse is coming next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Story Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the full moon and the sun.<\/li>\n<li>Folks in the western U.S. will have the best view of the eclipse.<\/li>\n<li>A supermoon means that the moon looks a bit bigger than usual since its a bit closer to the Earth than usual.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2018\/07\/28\/USAT\/874a4155-4501-4433-a71c-2606d327b04f-06_AFP_AFP_17Z5YA.JPG\"><\/p>\n<p>The full moon during a &#39;blood moon&#39; eclipse as seen from the town of Kazanlak, Bulgaria, on July 27, 2018.<meta itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\" content=\"DIMITAR DILKOFF, AFP\/Getty Images\" \/>&nbsp;<span>(Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF, AFP\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the sky spectacle of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next Wednesday, May 26, a full &#8220;supermoon&#8221; will brighten the night sky over the U.S. At the same time,\u00a0a total lunar eclipse will be visible across the western U.S. during the predawn hours.<\/p>\n<p>A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth is between the full moon and the sun. The Earth&#8217;s shadow covers the moon, which often has a red color, hence the &#8220;blood&#8221; moon nickname.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s completely in the shadow of Earth, a bit of reddish sunlight still reaches the moon.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need special glasses or gizmos to view it, unlike a solar eclipse, so feel free to stare directly at the moon. Binoculars or a telescope will improve the view.<\/p>\n<p>Folks in the western U.S. will have the best view of the eclipse, while those\u00a0in the central U.S. will see a partial lunar eclipse just before the moon sets below the horizon. Unfortunately, people who live along the East Coast won\u2019t see much of anything eclipse-related, the Old Farmer&#8217;s Almanac said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hawaiians will get a great view with the eclipse happening high in their sky in the middle of the night, the Almanac said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>&#8216;Sightings all over the world&#8217;: <\/strong>Another former federal official discusses UFOs, upcoming congressional report<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And what does a supermoon mean?<\/p>\n<p>It just means the moon looks a bit bigger than usual since its a bit closer to the Earth than usual.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because the orbit of the moon is not a perfect circle, the moon is sometimes closer to the Earth than at other times during its orbit,&#8221; according to NASA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On average, supermoons appear about 7% bigger and about 15% brighter than a typical full moon.<\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0also\u00a0the second and last supermoon of 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the blood and super moon names, it&#8217;s also the flower moon, a name given to May&#8217;s full moon because &#8220;flowers spring forth across North America in abundance this month,&#8221; the Old Farmer&#8217;s Almanac said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other names for May&#8217;s full moon include the corn planting moon and the milk moon, NASA said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2021\/05\/17\/super-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-may-2021\/5130321001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story Highlights A lunar eclipse occurs when<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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