SUPER WOLF BLOOD MOON and LUNAR ECLIPSE Why Is Tonight So

January 20, 2019 Denver, Colorado SUPER WOLF BLOOD MOON AND LUNAR ECLIPSE 8:33pm Partial Eclipse Begins Why is tonight so special? Let’s break it down! 9:41pm Totality Begins 10:43pm Totality Ends 11:50pm Partial Eclipse Ends

SUPER MOON: This is when the moon is the closest to the Earth (so it appears the biggest) WOLF MOON: Native American tribes gave a name to each full AND it also happens to be a full moon! Super Moons happen two or three times each year. moon of the year to mark the passing of time. Usually, there is one full moon each month.

January—Wolf Moon July—Buck Moon February—Snow Moon August—Sturgeon Moon March—Worm Moon September—Full Corn/Harvest Moon April—Pink Moon October—Hunter’s/Harvest Moon May—Flower Moon November—Beaver’s Moon June—Strawberry Moon December—Cold Moon

Once in a Blue Moon

There is a full moon every 29.5 days, but each month is 30-31 days long. So what happens if the first full moon of January happens on January 1st (the Wolf Moon) and then another th full moon comes along on January 30 ? This second full moon is called a Blue Moon, and it only happens once every 2 or 3 years. That’s Can you guess how each where the phrase “once in a blue moon” moon got its name? (meaning “not very often”) comes from!

LUNAR ECLIPSE: This is when the Earth is exactly in BLOOD MOON: This is another name for a total lunar TOTALITY: Totality is the between the moon and sun, so the moon is covered by the eclipse. The moon looks like it is red or orange during a total time during a lunar eclipse Earth’s shadow. Even though the moon goes around the earth lunar eclipse because only red light (which has a longer that the Earth’s shadow is every month, the moon’s orbit is tilted, so it doesn’t always go wavelength and lower frequency) can bend around the Earth completely covering the through the Earth’s shadow. Lunar eclipses happen a couple of to reach the moon. moon. Depending on where times per year, but depending where in the world you live you you are on Earth, totality might not see any because it has to be nighttime in your area! could last from 1 minute to 1 hour! In Denver, we will get 1 hour and 3 minutes of totality on 1/20/2019!