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Brooke Edwards

May 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse: You need to see the first Blood Moon of the year


On May 16, the Full Moon will enter a total eclipse for around an hour and a half, causing a cosmic phenomenon known as a Blood Moon. The event coincides with a supermoon, a term for the Moon at the closest point in its orbit to Earth coinciding with Full or New Moon phases.

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