It's the last week of May -- and the full moon is peaks, on May 26th! It's got quite a name, this time around -- the Super Blood Flower Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse. With a name like that, we just had to call on our Southern Manitoba Astronomy Enthusiast, Darren Enns! To simplify things, Darren took us through the name, word by word

Now, the term "Supermoon" comes up quite often...they are not uncommon...

And how about the "Lunar Eclipse" part of it? Will we get to take that in as well?:

So for proper viewing of the Super Blood Flower Moon, here's what Darren suggests:

and while we now know we can't catch a TOTAL lunar eclipse tomorrow night, we WILL be able to see the super blood flower moon of May -- And while there will be many supermoons and lunar eclipses year after year, the next definite supermoon total lunar eclipse will be the Super Blood Harvest Moon in October of 2033! We'll be sure to keep Darren on speed dial. 

 

Diagrams provided by Darren Enns: