The Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Is Coming!
by amy
Check out a library telescope or pair of binoculars for the rare supermoon lunar eclipse occurring on September 27. It won’t happen quite this way again until 2033, so this is your chance - provided Michigan weather cooperates, of course!
A “supermoon” is the point at which a full moon is closest to Earth and appears 14% bigger, and a lunar eclipse occurs when the moon falls into Earth’s shadow and looks reddish. Both events will happen concurrently on the evening of September 27, so get out after sunset and look up! Things start just after 9 pm, with the total eclipse occurring between 10:11 pm and 11:23 pm and ending around 12:30 am on September 28.
Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation is hosting a public hike and viewing of the eclipse, weather permitting, and telescopes will be set up at the Project Grow site about 100 yards south of the County Farm Park parking lot at 2210 Platt Rd.
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