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Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Bez - 2015-09-25 15:02

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There's going to be a rare totally eclipsed blood moon on Monday morning in the UK

Set your alarm and get your coffee pots at the ready, people. There's going to be a total eclipse of a supermoon in the early hours of the morning next Monday (28 September).

Budding astronomers are being advised to set their alarms for 2am to catch the celestial phenomenon. The first signs of the earth's deep shadow (or umbra) is due at 2:07am, with the mid-eclipse at 3:50am. It will get good from around 3:47am when a "coppery-red tint" should be at its most noticeable, according to the Nautical Almanac Office. The show will end at 5:27am.

While you might not relish the idea of getting out of bed that early (or indeed, staying up all night), the fact it is a supermoon eclipse, rather than a common-or-garden moon is making those in the know excited.


What is a supermoon?

It's called a supermoon because that is the period when the moon is closest to the earth during its elliptical orbit, meaning the moon will appear almost eight per cent bigger than the satellite is normally.

Total lunar eclipses that coincide with supermoons are apparently quite rare - there have been just five since 1900, the most recent of which was on 30 December 1982. If you miss this one, you'll have to wait until October 2033 for the next one.


Why is it so rare?

The supermoon eclipse is a confluence of three events: a full moon, which typically occurs about once a month; a total lunar eclipse, which occurs 0-3 times per year, and always during the full moon; and lunar perigee, when the moon is in the part of its elliptical orbit closest to Earth, which happens about once a month.

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[Image: 664bcb141b.png] Entire eclipse visible from start to end.

[Image: 0bfd130597.png] Entire partial and total phases visible. Misses part of penumbral phase.

[Image: 70d7839e86.png] Entire total phase visible. Misses part of partial & penumbral phases.

[Image: 5f78875329.png] Some of the total phase visible. Misses part of total, partial & penumbral phases.

[Image: 8da0e5be1a.pngg] Some of the partial phase visible. Misses total phase and part of partial & penumbral phases.

[Image: bf5c766eb4.png] Some of the penumbral phase visible. Misses total & partial phases.

[Image: aa2273ace3.png] Eclipse not visible at all.

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Bez - 2015-09-27 18:50

Tonights the night! Getting up at 3am will give people in the UK the best view!

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Toni - 2015-09-27 18:53

Hope the part where i live in finland gets no clouds when i wake up to see it...

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Jimmy - 2015-09-27 18:57

what time in sweden will that be?

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - BP - 2015-09-27 19:03

(2015-09-27 18:57)Jimmy Wrote:  what time in sweden will that be?

Come on Jimmy, you're the master of clocks going forward and back, I'm sure you can work this one out!

Try Google Smile

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Borja - 2015-09-27 19:12

At Spain, where i live, its raining... im pretty sure that im not going to see it

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Bez - 2015-09-28 01:15

Live stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgv0Z8Q2OIQ

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Pete - 2015-09-28 01:35

Cheers Bez, that'll give me enough notice to get outside in time.
Sadly I don't have my SLR with me to get some shots. I'm sure there will be enough awesome photos of it on the internet later today.
This commentator is awesome.

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Sebas - 2015-09-28 01:56

Here's from my own porch:

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RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Toni - 2015-09-28 02:13

Like i quessed, too cloudy here...

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Makee - 2015-09-28 03:34

Couldn't see a thing Biggrin too foggy

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Pete - 2015-09-28 03:42

Well that was amazing. I found a patch of dark sky by walking about 30 minutes away. Luckily the eclipse took ages (felt like the longest I've witnessed) so I got a really nice view as it went into shadow and then back out over a period of about an hour.

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - MousemanLV - 2015-09-28 04:23

Was cloudy over here, didn't see anything.

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Carl - 2015-09-28 09:46

I set my alarm to wake me up around 3am but couldn't keep my eyes open when I woke up lol. I guess I will still be alive to see the next one.

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Bez - 2015-09-28 10:58

2033 Will be the next one Tongue 18 more years to go!!

(Didn't mean to edit your post haha)

RE: Supermoon total lunar eclipse (28th September) - Raz! - 2015-09-28 14:42

I didn't see the super moon, if anything the moon was 14% smaller. Saw the blood moon though Smile