# Rare Super Blood Wolf Moon Eclipse Tonight January 20 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114 "2019-01-20T18:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/1 "2019-01-20T18:40:53Z")
> [@](#): > > If you live in the continental United States, tonight (Jan. 20) is a great night to take a gander at the sky. As the clock ticks toward midnight on the East Coast, the moon will become increasingly cloaked in red shadows in the longest lunar eclipse visible from North America for years. > > This eclipse has been dubbed the Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse. The Wolf Moon is the traditional name for January’s full moon. “Blood” is for the vermilion hue that shades the moon during a lunar eclipse. And the “super” is there because this January’s full moon also happens to be a “supermoon,” meaning the moon is passing at the closest point of its orbit to Earth. > **[The Best Lunar Eclipse for Years Is Happening Tonight](https://www.livescience.com/64552-watch-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight.html)** > > As the moon slips into Earth's shadow tonight, our natural satellite will turn an eerie shade of red. \*\*Here’s How to Watch the Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse This Weekend \*\* > **[Here's How to Watch the Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse This Weekend](https://www.livescience.com/64539-watch-super-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse.html)** > > On Sunday (Jan. 20), the moon, snuggled up as close as it ever does to Earth, will pass through our planet's shadow and put on a show for millions across North and South America. Naturally lots of us would be out there for several hours watching this eclipse tonight (even though it will be 1 degree below zero where I live))–unfortunately poor viewing conditions much of the U.S. > **[Here's the Weather Forecast for the Super Blood Wolf Moon of 2019 Tonight!](https://www.space.com/43071-super-blood-wolf-moon-2019-weather-forecast.html)** > > It's time for the total lunar eclipse of 2019and if you're hoping to catch the amazing event, you better check your weather first. The National Weather Forecast for the lunar eclipse tonight (Jan. 20) is basically a coin toss. Hopefully there will lots of Dopers reporting about the viewing experience tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/2 "2019-01-20T18:45:26Z")
I set an alarm yesterday so I wouldn’t forget! Working till 11 p.m. so I’ll wander outside as soon as I’m off. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/3 "2019-01-20T18:52:29Z")
Yesterday’s crappy weather has cleared up nicely, so I should be able to see it right out my window. Thanks for the reminder! From what I’ve read, however, this won’t really look significantly different from any other lunar eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/4 "2019-01-20T19:15:23Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Yesterday’s crappy weather has cleared up nicely, so I should be able to see it right out my window. Thanks for the reminder! > > From what I’ve read, however, this won’t really look significantly different from any other lunar eclipse. But, dude, it’s Super! And bloody… and \*arooooooooo… \*wolfy! I’m painting a Super Bloody Wolf howling at the moon on my 70s van right now! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/5 "2019-01-20T19:17:08Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I’m painting a Super Bloody Wolf howling at the moon on my 70s van right now! [Mandatory t-shirt to be wearing tonight.](https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Three-Wolf-Short-Sleeve/dp/B002HJ377A) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/6 "2019-01-20T21:08:02Z")
Big storm raining/snowing stalled right over me. ☹ Oh well. These things never live up to the hype. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/7 "2019-01-20T21:17:35Z")
I hope the clouds clear up. It’s look real pretty over the snow/ice glazed landscape. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/8 "2019-01-20T23:31:19Z")
I’m not going to try taking photos - It’s going to be too high in the sky to be very photogenic. Oh, well… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/9 "2019-01-21T00:29:56Z")
I need to point out that adding “wolf” is kinda meaningless, it’s not astronomical, it’s just means a Full moon in January, which we have every year. Sometimes twice even. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/10 "2019-01-21T01:20:17Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I’m not going to try taking photos - It’s going to be too high in the sky to be very photogenic. > Oh, well… With winds in the 20’s & gusts to 39mph, I don’t even think my Manfrotto tripod will be able to keep the big lens steady enough to get good pics. > [@DrDeth](#): > > I need to point out that adding “wolf” is kinda meaningless, it’s not astronomical, it’s just means a Full moon in January, which we have every year. Sometimes twice even. Two full moons in a month? That’s gotta be rare; I bet that happens only once in a blue moon. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/11 "2019-01-21T01:24:23Z")
Aw, that would have been a Super Blue Blood Wolf Moon eclipse. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/12 "2019-01-21T01:50:06Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Aw, that would have been a Super Blue Blood Wolf Moon eclipse. Just[like last year](https://hellogiggles.com/news/how-often-is-a-blue-moon/) except for the eclipse part. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/13 "2019-01-21T01:50:34Z")
Well it’s beautifully clear here in the Pacific Northwest and right now at 5:48 the moon is super full, incredibly bright and big. I’ve looked at the moon many times through my binoculars and I’m able to see lots of extra details that way. It’s so bright right now that all I can see is a very bright circle. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/14 "2019-01-21T04:03:53Z")
Mostly Cloudy here, but I can see the Moon through the clouds…awesome sight ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/15 "2019-01-21T04:06:35Z")
Very bright here, too and way up high in the sky. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/16 "2019-01-21T04:07:19Z")
Couple minutes after 10 p.m. local - there’s an odd disk covering the lower half of the moon. Surely the gods are angry! I tremble, and shall sacrifice a goat. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/17 "2019-01-21T04:15:14Z")
What a great show! This is the best Lunar eclipse I’ve ever been able to watch irl. Perfectly clear sky, huge moon that I can see while sitting here on my porch. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/18 "2019-01-21T04:34:22Z")
Fantastic here in the midwest. Crisp cold clear calm night. No clouds, no humidity, 20 miles from town. Yard lights turned off. No work in the morning. No excuses for anyone in my house to not see the best eclipse they will ever have an opportunity to witness. [Live stream](https://livestream.com/GriffithObservatoryTV/LunarEclipseJanuary2019) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/19 "2019-01-21T04:45:20Z")
Who has been doing all this marketing for the moon lately? Super rare, super blood wolf moon eclipse? Didn’t we just have a super rare super blue blood moon just not too long ago? Weren’t these all just simply “lunar eclipses” when we were growing up, some with the moon marginally closer to the earth than others? ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114/20 "2019-01-21T04:50:28Z")
That’s the coolest astronomical thing I’ve ever seen. It’s so colourful! There’s white, blue, grey, red. What great luck for there to be no cloud cover here tonight! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-super-blood-wolf-moon-eclipse-tonight-january-20/828114.md?page=2)