This hasn't happened in 32 years, and it won't happen again for another 18.

Sunday evening, a total lunar eclipse will coincide with a 'Supermoon.' A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth is between the full moon and the sun. The Earth's shadow covers the redish colored moon. The red color comes from sunlight that has been refracted through Earth's atmosphere.

Because the moon's orbit around the Earth isn't a perfect circle, it's closer at times. This makes it look bigger in the sky, hence to term 'Supermoon.' NASA says it looks 14% larger than normal.

The total eclipse will start at 10:11PM Sunday, September 27. It will last an hour and 12 minutes. Here in Maine, weather permitting, you can watch every stage of the eclipse. From beginning, to end of the partial phases. The moon be high in the sky.

The next total lunar eclipse that Earthlings will be able to see will be in 2018. The next total solar eclipse will be in 2017.

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