Blood moon 2018 live stream: watch again super blue blood moon rise

NASA TV shared a special live feed of the blood moon eclipse online today starting around 10.30am GMT (5.30am ET), from observatories across the US. Unfortunately, astronomy enthusiasts in

the Western Hemisphere missed out on the show in person because it only appeared over Western North America, the Pacific and swathes of Asia. But those that missed out still have a chance to

watch a repeat of the event thanks to the Slooh telescope livecast below. The breathtaking lunar eclipse is the first of its kind since 1866 – coinciding with a so-called blue moon  and a

super moon, when the moon is at, or near, its closest to Earth. The entire passage took more than three hours, during which the moon turned a coppery red as sunlight going through

Earth's atmosphere bounced off its surface. Skywatchers across western North America set their alarms to wake before dawn on Wednesday, with hundreds viewing the phenomenon from a Los

Angeles mountaintop. According to Dr Daniel Brown, an astronomy expert at Nottingham Trent University, a blue moon occurs on the second full moon in one calendar month. These are rare enough

but we are also witnessing a supermoon today to go along with the blood moon eclipse. NASA described today’s “lunar trifecta” the grand finale to a “Supermoon Trilogy” which began on

December 3, 2017, followed by the January 1 supermoon. You can now watch it thanks to Slooh's powerful telescopes spread all over the world. But the blood moon witnessed today is

something of a misnomer, Dr Brown said. The space expert explained: “The term blood moon is actually quite misleading.  “The moon will become much darker and take on an ash-grey colour –

there will be no extensive red colour.  “Calling it a blood moon is rather exaggerated; only after large volcanic eruptions would we expect a rusty red colour, which will not be the case

this time.” “The same can be said for the term super moon; definitely not a term used by astronomers.  “The closeness of the Moon results in it appearing 14% larger than when it is at its

smallest. So it actually is 7% larger than on average.” The full moon reached its penumbral phase around 10.51am GMT (5.51am ET) and hit totality around 12.50pm GMT (7.50am ET). During

totality, the moon completely disappeared in the Earth’s umbra, or shadow.  Dr Brown said: “Events such as this cause us to look up and enjoy the skies above.  “The moon is beautiful sight

any time of the year.  “In the UK we will not be able to spot the eclipse but we should still get out there and watch the skies and the Moon and take some meaningful pictures of this

beautiful sky-scape.” The expert revealed that the next blue moon will rise in March and we can look forward to the next lunar eclipse on July 27 2018.