First Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in 150 Years Coming This Month
By Joe Rao, Space.com Skywatching Columnist | January 1, 2018 07:21am ET
The first eclipse of 2018 will be a lunar one that comes at the very end of the month, on Jan. 31.
It will be a total eclipse that involves the second full moon of the month, popularly referred to as a Blue Moon. Such a skywatching event hasn't happened for more than 150 years.
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