Treat for Stargazers: Total lunar eclipse alongside a blue moon and a Super Moon
Stargazers here is a treat for you! It is the day when the rarest of rare space phenomenon will take place. A total lunar eclipse alongside a blue moon and a Super Moon will take place on Wednesday.
In India, the phenomenon will be seen by the people of north-East, who will be able to witness this event between 4:21 PM and 5:18 PM IST.The west coast and parts of Rajasthan will see the celestial event from 6:21 PM IST to 7:37 PM IST.
In other parts of India, the Super Blueblood moon will be easy to witness between 5:18 PM IST and 6:21 PM IST.
The celestial event is called as a lunar trifecta: showcase a phenomenal Supermoon (a moon at perigee, the closest to Earth that it gets in its orbit), a total lunar eclipse (a blood moon), and a blue moon (the second full moon of a calendar month).
NASA is offering a free live feed of the ‘lunar trifecta' on NASA TV and NASA.gov/live.“What do you get when you have a supermoon, which also happens to be the 2nd full Moon of the month, passing through Earth's shadow during a total lunar eclipse? A #SuperBlueBloodMoon! Catch this lunar trifecta coming our way on January 31,” tweeted NASA.
Other parts of the world, including Australia and Asia, will see it at night, as the moon comes up in the west.
In Asia, the last Blue Moon and total lunar eclipse happened 35 years ago on December 30, 1982.
-PTC News
