Will You Be Able To View the Rare Moon Event on Wednesday?

A rare celestial event that hasn’t been seen by much of the world in more than 150 years is set to grace the skies on Wednesday.

A ‘super blood blue moon’ will be visible on 31 January, with western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia getting the best view of the stunning event.

A ‘super blue blood moon’ is the result of a blue moon – the second full moon in a calendar month – occurring at the same time as a super moon, when the moon is at perigee and about 14 per cent brighter than usual.

It also combines with a blood moon – the moment during a lunar eclipse when the moon, which is in the Earth’s shadow, takes on a reddish hue.

While people in the eastern Hemisphere saw their last Blue Moon total lunar eclipse in 1982, for the Western Hemisphere, this eclipse will be the first blue moon total eclipse since 1866.

This global map shows areas of the world that will experience (weather permitting) the January 31, 2018 ‘super blue blood moon.’ The eclipse will be visible before sunrise on January 31 for those in North America, Alaska and Hawaii. For those in the Middle East, Asia, eastern Russia, Australia and New Zealand, it can be seen during moonrise the evening of the 31st

The alignment of the sun, moon and Earth will last one hour and 16 minutes and will be visible before dawn on January 31st across North America, Alaska, Hawaii and Canada.

For those in the Middle East, Asia, eastern Russia, Australia and New Zealand, the ‘super blue blood moon’ can be seen during moonrise in the evening of the 31st.

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