Super Blood Wolf Moon

Have You Missed The Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse ?

The Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse was seen from Europe, Africa and the America and no special technical equipment like binoculars or telescope .

The full Moon appear bigger than normal because it is closer to the Earth - about 222,000 miles (358,000 kilometers) away - which earns it the nickname "super Moon."

Other monikers for it are "Wolf Moon," a traditional way of coining an eclipse in the month of January, and a "Blood Moon" because of its rusty, red color. Hence the name for this year's event: a "super blood wolf Moon."

At the peak of the eclipse, and if the night skies are clear of clouds, Venus and Jupiter were shining brightly in the night sky.

Why  Super Blood Wolf Moon appear red?

During a lunar eclipse, the Moon appears red because the light of the Sun no longer directly illuminates it, since Earth is passing in between the Moon and Sun.

"The color is due to Rayleigh scattering -- where the Sun's blue light is scattered off molecules in Earth's atmosphere -- which also happens at sunsets," explained the Royal Astronomical Society of Britain.

"The Sun's red light is scattered much less by air, and is bent by Earth's atmosphere in a process called refraction, traveling all the way through it to light up the Moon's surface."