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The full moon of 31 January 2018 was the second full moon that calendar month (in most time zones), making it, under one definition of the term, a "blue moon". Additionally referencing the orange or red "blood" colors that occur during a lunar eclipse, media sources described the event as a "super blue blood Moon". Characteristics
A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee —the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit —resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the lunar disk as viewed from Earth. [1] The technical name is a perigee syzygy (of the Earth–Moon–Sun system) or a full (or new) Moon ...
Blue moon. A blue moon refers either to the presence of a second full moon in a calendar month, to the third full moon in a season containing four, or to a moon that appears blue due to atmospheric effects. [1] The calendrical meaning of "blue moon" is unconnected to the other meanings. It is often referred to as “traditional”, [2] [3] but ...
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It was also a blue moon, the second full moon of December for the eastern hemisphere where the previous full moon was on December 1. Since total lunar eclipses are also known as blood moons, this combination (which would not recur until January 31, 2018) is known as a super blue blood moon.