celestial happenings
The moon will be full tomorrow.
It's a Blue Moon, the second full moon in January.
It is also a Super Moon, the moon being at the point in its orbit when it is closest to the Earth, and therefore appears larger than normal.
It is also a Blood Moon, so-called because of the moon's color during a lunar eclipse.
Here in New York we won't see much of the eclipse. It starts around 5:50 AM and turns red around 6:50 AM, and sunrise is just 15 minutes after that. I plan to be up to see it, but ...I'll probably sleep right through it.
But we can enjoy a little musical interlude:
It's a Blue Moon, the second full moon in January.
It is also a Super Moon, the moon being at the point in its orbit when it is closest to the Earth, and therefore appears larger than normal.
It is also a Blood Moon, so-called because of the moon's color during a lunar eclipse.
Here in New York we won't see much of the eclipse. It starts around 5:50 AM and turns red around 6:50 AM, and sunrise is just 15 minutes after that. I plan to be up to see it, but ...I'll probably sleep right through it.
But we can enjoy a little musical interlude:
Yeah, I totally missed it. Ah well.
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