ONCE IN A BLUE MOON-SOON!

  
        In January 23rd, 2018 issue was an article about a Triple Treat skywatchers will get on January 31, 2018. One thing the article pointed out was just the Blue Moon which occurs about every 2 1/2 years-is another term for the second full moon in a single month. January's first full moon occurred January 1. 

         In addition, we will get a super moon and a total lunar eclipse. It's the first blue moon total lunar eclipse in the USA since March 1866, just after the Civil War. For skywatchers in the central and eastern USA , only a partial eclipse will be visible, because the moon will set before totality.