The moon is due to turn red overnight between Sunday and Monday (May 15-16) thanks to the light being filtered through the Earth's atmosphere. The rare event happens when the Earth's moon is in a total lunar eclipse. It means the moon appears a reddish colour.
The overnight total lunar eclipse is expected to begin at 3:27am on May 16 and will be the first Blood Moon of 2022. The change in the moon's colour is due to the light being filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, the Mirror reports.
Eclipse scientist Fred Espenak has given the moon of the night of May 15 the title of Super Moon. This is the name usually given to the point when the Moon is the closest to Earth that it will be that month. This means the moon of May 15 is actually going to be a Super Blood Moon eclipse.
