How to Watch the SUPER BLOOD MOON Eclipse

Get ready for a rare double feature this weekend, starring our very own moon.

For the first time in more than 30 years, you can witness a red supermoon in combination with a lunar eclipse.

Late on Sunday 26th of September, across much of the world, a total lunar eclipse will mask the moon’s larger-than-life face.

That combination hasn’t been seen since 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033.

‘It will be quite exciting and especially dramatic,’ predicted astronomer Sam Lindsay of the Royal Astronomical Society in London.

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Some people event believe it may never happen, with this weekend’s events, they say, signalling the end of the world.

The last ‘blood moon’ occurred over Easter and the ‘supermoon’ lunar eclipse will form the fourth event in a ‘Tetrad,’ which is believed to mark the the beginning of significant events – even the the end of the world – in some religions.

When a full or new moon makes its closest approach to Earth, it’s called a supermoon. Although still 222,000 miles away, this full moon will look bigger and brighter than usual.

This will be combined with a lunar eclipse, when the full moon passes through the darkest part of Earth’s shadow, the umbra.

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Weather permitting, you can see the supermoon after nightfall, and the eclipse will cast it into shadow beginning at 8:11pm ET (1.11am BST).

The eclipse will begin at 9:07 pm ET (2.07 am BST) on Sunday night, or Monday morning in the UK.

According to Phil Plait’s blog, Bad Astronomy, this is the time you’ll start to see a dark ‘bite’ taken out of them moon on the part of it nearest the horizon.

The moon will then spend just over an hour passing into the shadows, with the last sighting of it at 10:11 ET (3:11 BST).

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