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The Super Flower Blood Moon Will Shine On LA Tomorrow At 4:11 AM - Where Will You Be?

By AirTalk Staff
Published May 25, 2021
TOPSHOT - This composite image created on January 31, 2018 shows the moon during a lunar eclipse referred to as the "super blue blood moon" in Tokyo. - Skywatchers were hoping for a rare lunar eclipse that combines three unusual events -- a blue moon, a super moon and a total eclipse -- which was to make for a large crimson moon viewable in many corners of the globe. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)
This composite image created on January 31, 2018 shows the moon during a lunar eclipse referred to as the "super blue blood moon" in Tokyo.
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KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images
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The Super Flower Blood Moon Will Shine On LA Tomorrow At 4:11 AM - Where Will You Be
In the Wednesday morning sky, before sunrise, there will be the coalescence of three lunar spectacles... A Super Moon - when the Moon is closest in its elliptical orbit to the Earth, and appears larger... A Flower Moon - that’s just a full moon in May… And a Blood Moon - is a full eclipse wherein the Moon lies briefly on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth, is shadowed from the Sun’s illumination, and bathed in reddish light refracted from the planet’s atmosphere. It’s a good excuse to go to the donut shop in the wee hours of the morning for some coffee, and stake out an unobstructed view for the 15 minute show in the sky. Perhaps you’ve got your own special hill to take it in on your own. You could check out a livestream if a picture is just as good as the real thing. Otherwise, you could join the potential traffic jam up to the grounds at Griffith Observatory. We want to hear how you plan to take in the celestial event at 866-893-5722. Guests: Edwin C. Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory and an astronomer John Dvorak, a tech writer and author of numerous books, including “Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses” (Pegasus Books, 2017)

In the Wednesday morning sky, before sunrise, there will be the coalescence of three lunar spectacles... A Super Moon - when the Moon is closest in its elliptical orbit to the Earth, and appears larger... A Flower Moon - that’s just a full moon in May… And a Blood Moon - is a full eclipse wherein the Moon lies briefly on the opposite side of the Sun from the Earth, is shadowed from the Sun’s illumination, and bathed in reddish light refracted from the planet’s atmosphere.

It’s a good excuse to go to the donut shop in the wee hours of the morning for some coffee, and stake out an unobstructed view for the 15 minute show in the sky. Perhaps you’ve got your own special hill to take it in on your own.

You could check out a livestream if a picture is just as good as the real thing. Otherwise, you could join the potential traffic jam up to the grounds at Griffith Observatory. We want to hear how you plan to take in the celestial event at 866-893-5722.

Guests:

Edwin C. Krupp, director of Griffith Observatory and an astronomer

John Dvorak, a tech writer and author of numerous books, including “Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses” (Pegasus Books, 2017)