This Wednesday will see a blue and bloody moon - as it has appeared more than 150 years

If you think the full moon on New Year's was impressive, wait to see what awaits you at the end of the month.

Moon January 31 will superluna - ie It will be located less than 364 thousand. away from us. When the moon is at its closest point to Earth (perigee), it looks 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than when it is farthest (apogee).

What's more - the moon will be blue.

This is the name of the second full moon in a calendar month. Most years have 12 full moons occurring once every month, but in some years appear two full moons in one month. Then the second Moon called "blue". The phenomenon has nothing to do with the color of the moon, refers only to the periodicity of its phases and monitored every two and a half years (an average of 2.7154 years).

There's another thing - these two celestial phenomena (superlunata and Blue Moon) will coincide with a full lunar eclipse, for which the moon will be red (or bloody ), although its brightness decrease when enters the Earth's shadow.

Lunar eclipse will last 3.5 hours, the full will 77 minutes. It will be complete over the Pacific countries - from Alaska and Northwestern Canada to Central and East Asia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia. As will be midnight, depending on where it is observed will either January 31 or February 1.

Lunar eclipse will be partial over central North America, West Asia, India, Middle East and Eastern Europe, writes Space site. North America will occur on the morning of January 31, and on the opposite side of the world - when the moon rises.

The next combination of blue and bloody moon will be in 2028 next blue moon this year will be on March 31.

Source: www.brightside.me , https://pixabay.com