According to AccuWeather, a super moon will turn red for a total lunar eclipse on May 26. It will be visible in the western United States before sunrise.
In the Northeast, a “ring of fire” solar eclipse will be visible in northern Ontario on June 10. The moon will be too far from Earth in its orbit to completely block the sun, creating the red ring.
Later in the summer on August 11-12, shooting stars will rain from the night sky for the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids, which are stimulating about 75 meteors per hour, are dust and debris from comet Swift-Tuttle, AccuWeather explains.
A blue moon will rise on August 22. This will be a seasonal blue moon, the third of four full moons in one season.
The year ends with the Geminid meteor shower, which will peak on the evening of December 13-14. AccuWeather described it as the best meteor shower of the year and said it can cause up to 120 meteors per hour.
The shower, made up of debris from Asteroid 3200 Phaethon, is known for its quantity and the bright, multi-colored meteors it produces.
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