Skygazers up in the early hours of Monday (September 28) can expect a real treat, with a 'supermoon' and 'blood moon' set to appear at the same time.The confluence of three events will see a full moon, a lunar eclipse (in which the Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching the moon) and a lunar perigee or supermoon (when the moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth and appears 8% larger than normal).Anyone planning to watch the night-time spectacle needs to prepare, as the next...
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