皆既月食を英語で?
3年ぶりの皆既月食だったそうで、英語では
Lunar eclipse
といいます。
特に昨日のはSuper blue blood moonといい
以下のニュースサイトを見ると、super blue blood moon とはこういう意味らしいです。
Blue moonは今月2度目の満月、
Super moon は地球に一番近いときの月
Blood moon は月が地球の影に入る月食の時に見られる赤みを帯びた月
詳しくはこちらをどうぞ!
What is a super blue blood moon?
The moon is full, and it’s the second full moon of the calendar month, which has been termed a blue moon. The moon is on a 28-day cycle so that only happens once in a while – or, as you might say, once in a blue moon.
Next, the moon is known as a supermoon because it’s especially close to the Earth, making it appear larger and brighter than usual. The moon doesn’t orbit Earth in a perfect circle – it’s an ellipse, which means there are times during the orbit that it is thousands of miles closer to Earth than others. Brian Day of NASA’s Ames Research Center tells NPR that during these times, the moon can “appear 17 percent larger than it does at its furthest point in its orbit.”
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Most interesting to scientists, however, is that this is all coinciding with a total lunar eclipse. That’s why this is also called a blood moon, Day says: “As the moon makes this close, full moon approach to the Earth, it’s going to pass through the Earth’s shadow and the Earth’s shadow is going to cause the moon to appear a deep red color.”
“You’ve got this wonderful combination,” Day says. “It’s just loading up the plate with all the wonderful things the moon can show us.”