Technically, yes! The Moon is at perigee—its closest point to Earth. That makes it look 14% bigger and 30% brighter than usual. A supermoon in eclipse is like a double feature of celestial weirdness.
So the Moon will be both big and red. Imagine a giant, blushing pizza floating in the sky. Delicious.
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Fun fact: Supermoons cause higher tides. Expect the River Thames to be a bit extra today. Not a tsunami—just vibes.
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Earth’s shadow has two parts: the umbra (dark center) and penumbra (fuzzy edge). The Moon passes through both. The red glow? That’s sunlight filtering through our dirty, dusty atmosphere.
Think of it like this: You’re seeing the color of all Earth’s sunrises and sunsets at once. Romantic, right? Or just science being a show-off.
If you lived on the Moon during this eclipse, you’d see a ring of fire around a black Earth. Cool, but you’d also be suffocating. So, Earth wins.
