It is an almost unprecedented event that unites simultaneously three celestial phenomena at the same time: the total lunar eclipse, the super moon and the blue moon The planet has attended this Wednesday an unprecedented astral conjunction in 152 years: this January 31, 2018 have coincided in the sky a 'blue moon', a lunar eclipse and a super moon. Millions of people have seen how the moon was dyed red by a total eclipse of the so-called blue super moon, the second full moon of the month and in its closest position to Earth. The triple event has been baptized as a blue blood super moon. The eclipse began at 12.52 GMT, the highlight was at 13.29 GMT and ended at 14.07 GMT, according to the US Space Agency It is also the second full moon of the month, commonly known as the blue moon. In addition, the blue super moon will pass through the shadow of the Earth to give viewers in the right place a total lunar eclipse, the first of this 2018 - there will be another on July 27 -. While the Moon is in the shadow of the Earth, it will take on a reddish hue, known as a blood moo
Three celestial events that will coincide on the same occasion: Supermoon, Blue Moon and Total Lunar Eclipse.
According to the member and former president of the Association of Self-taught Astronomers of Colombia (Asasac), John Jairo Parra Pérez, the Supermoon"is the coincidence of the phase of full moon with the perigee: the maximum approach of our natural satellite to Earth"
"It's called that, because the full moon looks a little bigger than when the same phase occurs in other months. This slight variation in size can only be seen by comparing images of the Supermoon with another full moon, "explained Parra.
Noah Petro, a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, said that "the perigee-filled moons appear to be about 14% larger and 30% brighter than the full moons that are found at another time in the lunar orbit"
