AdvertisementStunning photos show the giant Super Flower Moon glowing over US cities during its closest annual orbit of Earth and just ahead of the first total lunar eclipse in two years. The moon appeared large and red in the night sky above Manhattan as the Super Moon event coincides with a lunar eclipse at at 1.47am PDT (4.47am EDT) overnight Tuesday. The Super Moon event coincided with the first total lunar eclipse in more than two years, making it glow red for 14 minutes - an event known as a Blood Moon. DELAWARE: President Joe Biden boards Marine One at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle while the Super Flower Blood Moon risesNORTH MACEDONIA: A man looks through binoculars at the full moon, the second and last super moon this year, called the 'Flower Moon,' as it rises over the castle in Skopje, Republic of North MacedoniaNORTH MACEDONIA: The Super Flower Blood Moon is pictured from the Republic of North MacedoniaDUBAI: The Super Flower Blood Moon rises over a mosque in Dubai during a total lunar eclipse visible in Asia and the AmericasNORTH MACEDONIA: A stork stands in front of the Super Flower Blood Moon in North Macedonia on TuesdayThe rare event is also known as a Flower Moon - or when a full moon coincides with the flowers blooming in May, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. The next total lunar eclipse will be May 15-16, 2022 - making it a Flower Blood Moon.

Source: Daily Mail May 26, 2021 04:46 UTC