Total lunar eclipse and supermoon to occur this week
It will be a delightful sight for Skywatchers this week, since a full moon, a supermoon and a total lunar eclipse are going to occur on the same day.
According to NASA, it is a rare lunar trifecta.
The celestial display will occur before dawn on Wednesday, after the largest and brightest full moon of the year gets rusty red as it slides entirely into Earth’s shadow.
If the weather permits, the total lunar eclipse will be seen around the Western United States, western Canada, Mexico, most of Central America, parts of South America and Asia near the Pacific Rim.
Bill Cooke, who is heading NASA’s Meteoroid Environments Office in Huntsville, Alabama, confirmed in a statement,”Folks in Hawaii and the Aleutian Islands will get to see the entirety of this eclipse, it will be quite a show for them.”
The eclipse clashes with a “supermoon,” a full moon at its nearest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit.
The May full moon is often termed as the “flower moon” in conventional folklore because it usually occurs at a time of year when spring flowers bloom.
