Ominous ‘super blood wolf moon’ to be easily seen looming over Nanaimo
NANAIMO — Like an sinister symbol from an adventure comic, the moon will be blood-red when it hangs over Nanaimo late this weekend.
The Harbour City will be under what’s known as the Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse from roughly 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday night. During those hours, the moon will be blood red but also so dim it might be difficult to spot among the inky blackness of space.
VIU astronomer Dr. Gregory Arkos told NanaimoNewsNOW the ominous sounding name from a “coincidence of orbital mechanics.”
During those hours, the moon will be the closest to Earth in it’s orbit, be the crimson colour of blood due to the reddish shadow cast by the Earth and is known as a wolf moon because it’s the first full moon of the year.