What Causes a Super Blood Moon?
@A rare astronomical phenomenon Sunday night will produce a moon that will appear slightly bigger than usual and have a reddish hue, © an event known as a super blood moon.//
@It*s a combination of curiosities that hasn*t happened since 1982, and won*t happen again until 2033.// A so called supermoon, which occurs when the moon is closest to earth in its orbit, will coincide with a lunar eclipse, leaving the moon © in Earth*s shadow.// Individually, the two phenomena are not uncommon, but they do not align often.//
@Most people are unlikely to detect the larger size of the supermoon.// It may appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter, but the difference is subtle to the plain eye.// But the reddish tint from the lunar eclipse is likely to be © visible throughout much of North America, especially on the East Coast.//