We were gifted a second full moon for January on the 31st, and not only was it a blue moon (a name given to the second full moon within the same month), but it was also a blood and super moon! Sunlight shining through the planet's atmosphere during a lunar eclipse is thrown across the moon's surface, shifting its colour from silver to blood red and coining the name 'blood moon'. It can be difficult to catch the moon at the right time in order to witness this marvel; when I sat peering at the sky around midnight, it remained its usual magic shade of silvery white. I have yet to catch a blood moon during its elusive orange phase!
Another crisp, clear winter's night. Both of January's supermoons have been beautifully bright and unwaveringly impressive. February will be without a full moon, but we'll see the return of the Worm Moon on March 1st!