In Photos: The Rare Super Blue Blood Moon Eclipse of 2018

On Jan. 31, 2018, a total lunar eclipse occurred during the Blue Moon and super moon, making it a rare Super Blue Blood Moon! It was visible in large parts of the US, north-eastern Europe, Russia, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and Australia. 

See the rare Super Blue Blood Moon total lunar eclipse here! 

 Bird's Nest stadium, Beijing

Forbidden City, Beijing, China

The Great Wall, China

West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou

Xi'an, Shanxi, China

Nanjing,Jiangsu, China(视觉江苏网供图 扬子晚报 张丹制图)

Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

Yinchuan, Ningxia, China

A giant moon shines on the Cabo Las Huertas' light house in Alicante, Spain.

A super blue blood moon is seen setting behind the Hollywood hills in Los Angeles.

Astrophotographer Sergio Garcia Rill captured this composite image of the Super Blue Blood Moon of Jan. 31 over Houston,Texas.

 Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif

Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey.

The full moon rises next to the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill, in Athens, Greece. 

Hong Kong

Super moon in the west behind the East Point Light house in Cumberland County, N.J. 

Lunar eclipse is seen over Tokyo Sky tree inTokyo Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Mumbai's Chattrapathi Shivaji Terminus

People watch the super moon and full eclipse deelop near a heritage building in Calcutta, Eastern India, Jan. 31 2018.

 Indonesia

People with bicycles take photos of the Supermoon in Lancelin, Australia.

Moon rises over the Charles Bridge in Prague,Czech Republic

The Blood Moon shines over a U.S. flag at Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, California.

Super moon was seen over a naga statue in Cambodia's Phnom Penh (AFP)

Singapore

A jet flies in front of the rising moon along the water front in St. Petersburg Fla

Super Blue Blood Moon spotted in Kolkata

The eclipsing blood moon appears above the statue of Kansa Warrior Ad Astra atop the Kansas State house in Topeka, Kan.,Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

The Grand Palace in Bangkok

The moon passes into the earth's shadow during a lunar eclipse as seen in Hong Kong.

The moon sets behind the city of Jerusalem.

The Statue of Liberty is back dropped by asupermoon, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, seen from the Brooklyn borough of NewYork. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Uppatasanti Pagoda seen from Naypyitaw Myanmar.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Sakhalin Island in Russia's Far East.

5 things to know about the Super Blue Blood Moon

1.   This is the first "Super Blue Blood Moon" to occur in about 150 years. The last one was in 1866.

2.   It occurs when a blue moon (a secondfull moon in a calendar month), a super moon (when the moon is unusually close to Earth, making it bigger) and a blood moon (a moment during an eclipse when the moon appears red) coincides for the.

3.   The next super blue blood moon is expected to happen on December 31, 2028, though it won't be quite as large since the moon will not be at its closest point to Earth. Another will happen on January 31, 2037, a total of 17 hours before perigee.

4.   The total lunar eclipse will make the moon appear red, a blood moon. The reddish tint -- or blood moon -- happens due to "the effect of all the sunrises and sunsets all around the planet reflecting off the moon.

5.   The moon will appear 14% closer to the earth and 30% brighter during this lunar phenomenon.

Source:  Space/ndtv/usatoday/independent

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