2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse comes with supermoon bonus
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-for-total-lunar-eclipse-supermoon.html
It was also the year's first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position.
The entire eclipse took more than three hours. Totality—when the moon's completely bathed in Earth's shadow—lasted an hour. During a total lunar eclipse, the eclipsed, or blood, moon turns red from sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere.
2-for-1: Total lunar eclipse comes with supermoon bonus
Jan 21, 2019, 4:23pm UTC
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-for-total-lunar-eclipse-supermoon.html
> It was also the year's first supermoon, when a full moon appears a little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position.
> The entire eclipse took more than three hours. Totality—when the moon's completely bathed in Earth's shadow—lasted an hour. During a total lunar eclipse, the eclipsed, or blood, moon turns red from sunlight scattering off Earth's atmosphere.