Super Blue Blood Moon

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The heavens are lining up and a stunning blood red moon will grace our sky tonight during a special total lunar eclipse.

If you’re anywhere in Australia, you’ll have a ringside seat — weather permitting — to the first total lunar eclipse since 2015.

Those in the west will get the most mind-bending view if the sky is clear.

Supermoon or superbuzz?

Lunar eclipse

This lunar eclipse occurs more than a day after the Moon has come closest to Earth in this orbit. That just makes it a ‘supermoon’ — the third in three months — based on a loose definition first coined by an astrologist.

But it’s hard to spot the difference between a supermoon, even at its closest, and a regular full moon, says Dr Hill.

“There’s a tiny difference, but it’s not something we can see or relate to in the night sky.

“The ‘supermoon’ is just a bit…

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