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Super blood wolf moon: What to know and how to watch it
ABC News ^ | January 20, 2019 | Becky Perlow

Posted on 01/20/2019 6:25:36 PM PST by Redcitizen

Grab your winter coat, some hot cocoa and your kid's telescope on Sunday and head outside because the next super blood wolf moon won’t be showing its face for another 18 years.

While the celestial phenomenon sounds like something you’d read in a teenage werewolf novel, its actual meaning is derived from multiple sources.

The term "super" refers to the placement of the moon. This month, the moon will be at its closest point to Earth’s orbit, making it appear larger than normal.

The term "wolf" derives from the Native American nickname for January's full moon and the wolves who "howled in hunger outside the villages," according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

The term "blood" comes from the way the sun’s light bends and refracts off the Earth's atmosphere and onto the moon’s surface, making it appear red or copper at times. This phenomenon, called "Rayleigh scattering," is also what causes the beautiful colors of our sunrises and sunsets as well as what makes our sky look blue. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California notes, however, that clouds, dust, ash and organic matter in Earth’s atmosphere may change the expected color of a super wolf blood moon.

"We’re not sure what color it will turn. It really depends on the earth’s atmosphere, whether we’ve had storms, volcanic eruptions, all sorts of things," explained Dr. David Reitzel, an astronomer and lecturer at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Hobbies; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: astrology; astronomy; demonology; eclipse; moon; nonscience; nonsense; science; space; superstition
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Super Blood Wolf Moon...

Okay that means binocs and silver bullets. I'm all set!

Starts at 936pm EST, max eclipse 1212am.

Enjoy!

1 posted on 01/20/2019 6:25:36 PM PST by Redcitizen
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To: Redcitizen

We’re on it! Can’t wait! :)


2 posted on 01/20/2019 6:27:45 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin ( "Why can't you be more like Lloyd Braun?")
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Too cloudy here. Won’t see it. :-(


3 posted on 01/20/2019 6:31:37 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Same here. Totally overcast.


4 posted on 01/20/2019 6:33:30 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Redcitizen

It will distracts us from the planet heading our way on the opposite side of the planet.


5 posted on 01/20/2019 6:37:53 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: Redcitizen
Super Blood Wolf Moon is actually my Indian name.

Or my Korean name.

I forget which.

6 posted on 01/20/2019 6:38:01 PM PST by x
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To: Redcitizen

Don’t be fooled by the hype and colorful names. It will just be slightly larger than your typical lunar eclipse. If you’re looking at it with binoculars or a telescope, it won’t mean anything.


7 posted on 01/20/2019 6:42:08 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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If I don’t see it...

It didn’t happen.

I’m a skeptic.


8 posted on 01/20/2019 6:43:24 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Cicero

Me either - overcast in Florida … bummer!


9 posted on 01/20/2019 6:46:04 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Clear(and colder than a witches...)here...looks a little larger than normal, but no color.


10 posted on 01/20/2019 6:46:43 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (Please Pray For My Brother Ken)
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To: Redcitizen

Just looked out at the moon. It looks like a light bulb is hanging in space, it’s so bright.


11 posted on 01/20/2019 6:48:43 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Redcitizen

Just went outside and saw a completely normal looking full moon.


12 posted on 01/20/2019 6:52:47 PM PST by fso301
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To: Redcitizen

I looked out the window and found the moon. At 9:45 p.m. in NYC, it didn’t look any different than usual. Maybe I’ll check it later.


13 posted on 01/20/2019 6:54:13 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: jeffc

Yep. Percent Illum here in AR is 85%+


14 posted on 01/20/2019 6:54:44 PM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: RckyRaCoCo

There won’t be color until the full eclipse begins. Then it will be dark enough to see the residual scattered red light from every sunrise and sunset on Earth. It’s cloudy here, being Oregon.


15 posted on 01/20/2019 6:54:58 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Redcitizen

Telescopes are. Kid’s toys, huh?


16 posted on 01/20/2019 6:57:18 PM PST by cymbeline
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To: minnesota_bound

Yeah I hate that sucker punch move.

17 posted on 01/20/2019 6:58:38 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

yay! :) I got just a tiny bit of cloud cover.


18 posted on 01/20/2019 6:59:21 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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I just went outside to take a look but the yard is full of werewolves.
They’ve taken every decent spot to put a lawn chair!


19 posted on 01/20/2019 6:59:38 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: x

Make it a Korean Indian name.


20 posted on 01/20/2019 7:00:06 PM PST by Redcitizen (I don't always lurk, but when I do, Freerepublic.)
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