A rare “super blood moon” will be visible in the sky over the West Coast early Wednesday morning.
A supermoon happens when the moon is at its closest point to the Earth in its orbit, making it look brighter and larger in the sky. A blood moon is another term for a lunar eclipse where the sun and the moon are on direct opposite sides of the Earth, causing our planet to block some of the sun’s light and give the moon a rosy glow.
When the two coincide, the moon appears large and rosy in the sky.
This will be the first time the phenomenon is visible from the U.S. in more than two years.
NASA says that people all over the world will be able to see the supermoon effect throughout the night as long as the sky is clear, but the lunar eclipse will be harder to catch.
The eclipse will be most visible from the West Coast in the early morning hours starting at about 3:20 a.m., and peaking from 4:11 to 4:26 a.m. People on the East Coast will only see a partial eclipse.
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