Give It Up For This Historic Super Blood Moon Eclipse
The best photos of the once-in-a-generation phenomenon.
People around the world are being treated to a once-in-a-generation astrological wonder on Sunday evening and Monday morning: the rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and full moon to create a blood-red “supermoon” in the night sky.
“It has been more than 30 years since a supermoon combined with a lunar eclipse,” NASA told Reuters. “The next total lunar eclipse will not be until 2018. The next supermoon-lunar eclipse combination will not happen until 2033.”
Obviously, the moon isn’t physically larger than it normally would be: NASA was careful to remind the news agency that the planet really just appears “slightly bigger” in the sky due to its orbit around the Earth.
Naturally, everyone and their mother wants to Instagram a piece of history. We’re rounding up their photos below. Here’s do you, you damn crazy moon: thanks for brightening our Sunday night.
Who saw the #SuperBloodMoon tonight? 🎢 Photo by Frances Civello: https://t.co/XTw48KVKXa pic.twitter.com/74qRQAgkwh
— 500px (@500px) September 28, 2015
View of the #supermoon as the #lunareclipse begins over the #SuperstitionMountain in #GoldCanyon. #12news #azwx pic.twitter.com/Gt457EX508
— Matt Pace (@MattPaceWeather) September 28, 2015
Fast rot. #Supermoon pic.twitter.com/mOmYmE8TLl
— @F0O0 (@F0O0) September 28, 2015
#supermoon rising Mountsin time pic.twitter.com/K8DyBeJeHl
— Jon W.🍁🏴 (@Jon_Williams09) September 28, 2015
The beautiful moon from my street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. #Unfiltered #SuperBloodMoon #Supermoon pic.twitter.com/niNsKgHPul
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) September 28, 2015
#Supermoon rising over Boston; lunar eclipse expected to take place shortly after 10 p.m. http://t.co/fsjiQDMD4k pic.twitter.com/v5KeSkiXnN
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) September 28, 2015
Total eclipse (“Blood Moon”) taken with my iPhone through my telescope eyepiece. #SuperMoon #SuperBloodMoon pic.twitter.com/VNzJQaTVCt
— Dr. Karen James (@kejames) September 28, 2015
.@GettyImages: This composite image shows the progression of the total lunar eclipse to a Blood Moon in Maryland pic.twitter.com/wDuM9ipGj8
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 28, 2015