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‘Blood Supermoon’ and Full Lunar Eclipse to Converge on May 26 Here’s What You Need to Know:
This month of May will see some extraordinary lunar activity in the night sky for not only will it herald the biggest, brightest supermoon of the year, but also the spectacle of a full lunar eclipse, simultaneously.
May’s full moon, called the Blood Moon or Flower Moon, will appear largest on May 26, and will actually take on a red hue due to the eclipse.
A full moon becomes a “supermoon” when it appears at its perigee (its closest point to the Earth along its elliptical orbit). A supermoon may appear up to 7 percent larger than a normal full moon.