Keep your eyes up to the sky to witness Super Blood Wolf Moon this weekend

Skygazers are in for an amazing show as this weekend the moon will go into a full eclipse for around an hour and two minutes. Since the moon will also be near its closes approach to Earth, it will be a supermoon, shortly, the Super Blood Wolf Moon.

The event will occur late at night between Sunday, January 20 and Monday, January 21. The total eclipse will be visible to people in North and South America and also portions of Northern Europe and the northwest coast of Africa. Unfortunately, people in Asia and Australia won’t be able to witness the eclipse.

The entire eclipse will last for around 3.5 hours. The partial phase of the eclipse will begin at 10:34PM ET on the 20th. The eclipse will peak at 12:12AM ET and will finish at 01:51AM ET on the 21st, totality lasting for a full 63 minutes, as per National Geographic.

Lunar eclipse occurs when the moon passes through the shadow of Earth, and when the sun, Earth and moon are in alignment. The moon in totality casts a rusty shade of red, hence named the ‘blood moon’. Since the moon will also be a supermoon, it will appear to be larger and brighter than usual. Moreover, the lunar eclipse will coincide with the wolf moon, the traditional name for January’s full moon.

Missing this Super Blood Wolf Moon means that people would have to wait until May 26, 2021 to get their chance at viewing this celestial event. However, the next supermoon will come back again on February 19 and March 21 this year.