These Super Blue Blood Moon Memes Will Cheer You Up If You Missed The Real Thing

I don't know about you, but I take sleeping pretty seriously. Therefore, I missed out on seeing the highly-anticipated Super Blue Blood Moon in the early hours of Tuesday, Jan. 31. Thankfully, Twitter is making me feel a little bit better about my loss. In fact, these super blue blood moon memes are totally cheering me up — even though I missed it.

Before we get into all of the hilarious memes about the lunar phenomenon, let's talk about what a super blue blood moon actually is. Based off it's name, it sounds kind of intimidating — but don't be fooled (it's not). The super blue blood moon just has a few different parts to it, because it's a blue moon, a lunar eclipse, and a supermoon at the same freaking time. To make the process of understanding a little bit easier, let's take each portion of its name one at a time.

First, let's talk about the word "super." When I hear the words "super" and "moon" in the same sentence, I automatically envision a gigantic, white sphere in the sky (naturally). However, it's much more than that. A supermoon occurs when a full moon is closest to us in a single orbit. However, the supermoon on Jan. 31 was extra special because it happened during a lunar eclipse.

More to come.

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