How to Have the Full Super Flower Blood Moon 2021 Experience: Things to Know

The last complete lunar eclipse occurred more than two years ago, but the drought would end on Wednesday with the advent of the "super flower blood moon."

Take a few minutes to observe the stars at totality. More stars and constellations may appear when the full moon's light dims, particularly if you're watching far away from city lights.

The moon will be in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpio during the eclipse this month; watch for its brightest star, orange-red Antares, six and a half degrees to the left of the moon. That's a little more than the breadth of your first carried at arm's length or around a dozen times the moon's visible height. In the southeast, search for Jupiter, a bright planet, and Saturn, a much dimmer planet.

The most recent complete lunar eclipse occurred on January 21, 2019, while the most recent one visible from the continental United States was on July 27, 2018, nearly three years before. The next lunar eclipse will come even closer, with a partial lunar eclipse scheduled for November 19 that will be almost complete, with more than 97 percent of the moon's disk disappearing into Earth's shadow.

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