It will be the last opportunity for skywatchers to see a supermoon lunar eclipse as this rare event will not occur again until 2033. Area experts have suggested that people do not require any special instruments to see this rare celestial event.

Stephanie Rybka, director of the Waubonsie Valley High School planetarium, said in a statement that lunar eclipse set to happen on Sunday night will align with the time when the moon's orbit is closest to earth.

Rybka said during such a situation, the moon comes closer to earth and appears 14% larger than its normal size in the sky, due to which it is called as a supermoon.

The result of the two events combined creates what is known as a 'blood moon' because the moon turns a coppery orange color at the peak of the eclipse, Rybka said.

Furthermore explaining why a coppery orange color is seen she said usually people think that if earth blocks the sun from shining on the moon, as happens in an eclipse, the moon should be dark. But here, light from the sun is scattered by passing through Earth's atmosphere, during this other colors of the spectrum are removed giving off the dark orange hue.

Sunday's full moon will also be a harvest moon because it is the first full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, she added.

In order to celebrate the super harvest moon lunar eclipse phenomenon, the Waubonsie planetarium is hosting a family night at 7 pm on Friday at the high school at the corner of Route 34 and Eola Road in Aurora.