Countdown to the Super Bowl, and the Super Moon!
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On Wednesday, January 31st, don’t miss the Super Blue Blood Total Lunar Eclipse Moon! This lunar event means that the second full moon in a calendar month coincides with a lunar eclipse, and that the full moon appears slightly larger than usual. A moon like this one has not appeared in the sky since 1982.
Superbowl Sunday is also the 112th birth anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto.
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