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The next Full Moon brings a lunar eclipse, but is it a Super Blood Blue Moon as well? That depends...

  • Written by Tanya Hill, Honorary Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Senior Curator (Astronomy), Museums Victoria
The next Full Moon brings a lunar eclipse, but is it a Super Blood Blue Moon as well? That depends...Changing colours of the Moon during a total lunar eclipse, Mt Buffalo National Park, June 16, 2011.Phil Hart, Author provided

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Wednesday, January 31, and Australia is in the perfect position to see it. But it’s also being called many other lunar things, from a Blood Moon to a Blue Moon and a Super Moon.

So...