A full moon rises of British Columbia, Canada.

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At a Glance

Some places will experience a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse on the same night.A supermoon appears up to 30 percent brighter and up to 14 percent larger than normal.A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month.

Stargazers are in for a quadruple treat in January:two supermoons,a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse will adorn the night sky.

Thefirst full supermoon of January, dubbed the Wolf Moon, will occur on New Year's Day night into Jan. 2. It isthe second supermoon in a trilogy, according to NASA.

A supermoonappears up to 30 percent brighterand up to 14 percent larger than normal , according to Space.com.

Although it's still several days away, forecast guidance is painting a dry, cold weather patternnext Mondaynight across the central and eastern states, said weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce.

"Skygazers will need to bundle up, but this type of weather pattern could also yield mostly clear skies for a majority of locations," he said.

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The trouble spots for stubborn cloud cover may be in the Great Lakes and along the Gulf Coast. Much of the Rockies and Southwest could have good viewing conditions, however.

The second supermoon, known as a blue moon because it is the second full moon in the calendar month, will occur for some on Jan. 31. For others, particularly in Asia and easternAustralia, the supermoon won't be full until Feb. 1,so it is not considered a blue moon for them.

January's super blue moon technically happens on Jan. 30, but because the closest pass of the moonoccurs just hours before it is full, NASA decided to call it a supermoon anyway.

As a special treat, a total lunar eclipse, which occurs when the shadow of Earth passes over the surface of the moon, will occur that same night.

A total lunar eclipse is different from a lunar eclipse because it is visible to anyone experiencing nighttime when the eclipse occurs. A solar eclipse is only visible to those in the path of the moon's shadow.

Residents of the western United States will have the best chance to see the full lunar eclipse.

For New Yorkers, the eclipse will beginat 5:51 a.m. EST on Jan. 31. Because the sun rises just 16 minutes later, they'll only be able to see the beginnings of the eclipse.

Further west, stargazers will be able to see more of the eclipse,while people in Hawaii, Alaska and on the West Coast will have the best chance to view the eclipse in its entirety, weather permitting. The partial eclipse will begin at 3:48 a.m. PST on the West Coast, with the total eclipse beginning at 4:51 a.m. and ending at 5:29 a.m.

Blue moons occur about , according to Space.com, so they aren't nearly as rare as one might think.

The best times to catch any full moon is just before it rises or sets whenmakes the moon and other celestial bodies appear larger than normal on the horizon, according to Sky and Telescope. The explanation forthis optical illusion is still being debated, but many scientistsbelieve it has something to do with how our brain processes the objects in our visual field near the horizon, the report added.

It's still too early to know what the cloud coverwill be like on the night of the super bluemoon and eclipse, so check back later in the month for a full forecast in your area.