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'Super Blue Blood Moon' to appear after 152 years

By Sun Ru | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2018-01-31 16:34

A “super blood moon” hangs in the sky in the southern UK on Sep 27, 2015. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

“Super moon” refers to the moon's "plump body" when people find it larger and brighter than usual. The reason is that the Moon is running through the lunar perigee at that moment since it runs along an elliptical orbit around the Earth.

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