A blood moon total lunar eclipse is on show in many parts of the world as the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow.
Australia will miss out on the super flower blood moon this time, but it will be visible in the Americas, Antarctica, Europe, Africa and the east Pacific on Sunday and Monday.
New Zealand, Eastern Europe and the Middle East will experience a penumbral lunar eclipse, where the edge of Earth’s shadow will fall over the Moon.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which publishes Native American names for full moons, calls it a “flower moon” because May is known as a month when flowers bloom in abundance.
This full moon is a supermoon, according to the almanac, and it coincides with a total lunar eclipse, which will turn the Moon a reddish-brown for about an hour and a half, depending on your location.
NASA calls May’s full moon a marginal supermoon.
Supermoons are full moons that happen when the Moon’s orbit takes it closer to Earth, making it appear larger and brighter.
