-The resulting 'super moon' will look 30 per cent brighter and 14 times larger than when at apogee, the farthest point - which is about 49,800 kilometers from perigee.
-Unusually, Earth will take position in a straight line between the Moon and the Sun, blotting out the direct sunlight that usually makes the Moon glow whitish-yellow.
-But some light will still creep around the Earth's edges and be filtered through its atmosphere, casting an eerie red light that creates the "blood moon".
-The Moon travels to a similar position every month, but the tilt of its orbit means it normally passes above or below the Earth's shadow - so most months have a full moon minus eclipse.
-It has been more than 30 years since a super moon combined with a lunar eclipse. The next total lunar eclipse will not be until 2018. The next super moon-lunar eclipse combination will not happen until 2033
-Unlike a solar eclipse, which creates the impression of a bright "ring" of light as the Moon passes before our star, there is no danger in watching Monday's lunar spectacle with the naked eye, the experts say.
-Because the moon is not perfectly round, its distance from Earth varies by about 49,900 km as it circles around the planet every 27 days.
-At its closest point the moon comes as close as 363,104 kilometers from Earth. At the most distant point, the moon is 406,696 kilometers away.
