It's the last week of May and the full moon is peaking this morning.

Today's phenomenon also has quite a name this time around - the Super Blood Flower Moon, Total Lunar Eclipse. With a name like that, we just had to call on our Southern Manitoba Astronomy Enthusiast, Darren Enns. To simplify things, Enns took us through the name, word by word.

He started off with why the word "flower" was included this time around.

Now, the term "supermoon" comes up quite often, and they are not uncommon.

And what about the "Lunar Eclipse" part of it? Will we get to take that in as well?

So, for proper viewing of the Super Blood Flower Moon, here's what Enns suggests.

 

While we now know we can't catch a total lunar eclipse, we will be able to see the Super Blood Flower Moon of May, and while there will be many supermoons and lunar eclipses year after year, the next definite supermoon total lunar eclipse will be the Super Blood Harvest Moon in October of 2033.

Diagrams provided by Darren Enns