Super Blood Moon over Melbourne 墨爾本血月 26.5.2021 : Disappointed . . .
This image in included in a gallery "Moon" curated by by cristian salvadori.
This was the most disappointing Blood Moon I have observed, despite the atmosphere was perfectly clear, and I set my camera up in in comfort of my backyard patio. It was only faintly red. I only adjusted the contrast and brightness. The colour here is what I saw.
The term Blood Moon was originally coined by some sects of Christian prophecy to describe a total lunar eclipse – which happens to make the moon look like it’s filled with blood.
The moon appears red during totality because of the way that light passes through the Earth’s atmosphere.
A super blood moon occurs when we experience a total lunar eclipse when the moon is in perigee (aka – when it’s closest to Earth). To be more specific, the moon has to be within 361,766km of Earth to be considered a super moon.
The super blood moon on May 26 was also the closest super moon of 2021, measuring at a distance of only 257,462km from Earth.
It turns out every full moon has a traditional name applied that relates to the lunar month in which it occurs. The names stem from different ancient cultures, who named them after plants, animals or weather patterns around the same time. The names are as follows:
January: Wolf Moon
February: Snow Moon
March: Worm Moon
April: Pink Moon
May: Flower Moon
June: Strawberry Moon
July: Buck Moon
September: Harvest Moon
October: Hunter’s Moon
November: Beaver Moon
December: Cold Moon
Super Blood Moon over Melbourne 墨爾本血月 26.5.2021 : Disappointed . . .
This image in included in a gallery "Moon" curated by by cristian salvadori.
This was the most disappointing Blood Moon I have observed, despite the atmosphere was perfectly clear, and I set my camera up in in comfort of my backyard patio. It was only faintly red. I only adjusted the contrast and brightness. The colour here is what I saw.
The term Blood Moon was originally coined by some sects of Christian prophecy to describe a total lunar eclipse – which happens to make the moon look like it’s filled with blood.
The moon appears red during totality because of the way that light passes through the Earth’s atmosphere.
A super blood moon occurs when we experience a total lunar eclipse when the moon is in perigee (aka – when it’s closest to Earth). To be more specific, the moon has to be within 361,766km of Earth to be considered a super moon.
The super blood moon on May 26 was also the closest super moon of 2021, measuring at a distance of only 257,462km from Earth.
It turns out every full moon has a traditional name applied that relates to the lunar month in which it occurs. The names stem from different ancient cultures, who named them after plants, animals or weather patterns around the same time. The names are as follows:
January: Wolf Moon
February: Snow Moon
March: Worm Moon
April: Pink Moon
May: Flower Moon
June: Strawberry Moon
July: Buck Moon
September: Harvest Moon
October: Hunter’s Moon
November: Beaver Moon
December: Cold Moon