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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Super Blood Wolf Moon is also a brand of tampons.
Im in public and you made me crack up out loud
Then my work is done here! heh heh heh
Snobby British werewolves!
I think they’ll go away if you forge some Lon Chaney autographs on some pics from the internet. Then pass it out and turn off the lights.
If they don’t disperse when the eclipse is over I’ll put speakers out on the deck and play Silver Bells. We’ll see if they get the hint. :)
I think 846 PST. I messed up the times when I posted the article.
Perfectly clear night sky, Tampa, FL, super moon and eclipse is happening.
clear here, but colder than a b*tch
Running outside for quick views ………...
Probably better than Mooning Barkbats. Probably.
The eclipse is getting exciting. I can even see a bit of red color now.
That depends on if they’re shaped more like Giselle Bundchen or more like Angela Merkel...
Between a 1/4 and a 1/3 now. No “blood” moon, though.
It’s 37 degrees out right now where I am. It has been cloudy all day but now the clouds are gone away, and I have a beautiful view. I’m standing outside right now as a matter of fact.
Just looked at it through my daughter’s telescope. Way cool.
She looked at it and then said it was too cold and came inside.
Elevator music works too. lol. :) Just wear earplugs when you blast it.
Here’s 10 hours worth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5PvBzDlZGs
I’ve had to go back inside to refill my wine glass. Don’t know where you are, but it’s a chilly 49 degrees here.
It’s about 1/2 there!
I’m in northern Utah
11 here. Normal moon. No way can I stay up any longer.
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