Super Blood Wolf Moon

North and South America, and parts of Western Europe and Africa will see the combination of a total lunar eclipse and a supermoon in January, the last such event until 2022


WOLF MOON: Native Americans used this name for January full moon, when hungry wolves howled outside
villages

BLOOD MOON: Some sunlight is refracted through Earth’s atmosphere, giving moon deep red glow


STAGES OF ECLIPSE

Total eclipse will last 62 minutes

All times GMT

Partial eclipse begins 03:34
Totality begins 04:41
Totality ends 05:43
Partial eclipse ends 06:51
Ecliptic

PENUMBRA
UMBRA
Greatest
N
W


EVENING OF JAN 20				MORNING OF JAN 21
Visible at	Eclipse		Visible at	No eclipse
moonrise	visible		moonset		visible


SUPER MOON: Occurs when full moon is at closest point to Earth, appearing bigger and brighter than usual

TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: Earth blocks sunlight usually reflected by moon, creating partial (penumbra) or total (umbra) shadow

Sun 	Sunlight 	Earth 	Moon
Moon’s orbit
Umbra
Penumbra

Not to scale


Sources: NASA, The Old Farmer’s Almanac
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