The phrase "once in a blue moon" has never been more apt.

A once-in-many-lifetimes sight promises to reveal itself Wednesday morning as the moon puts on three of its most spectacular shows and Americans will have a view. San Antonians will get the best view between 6:51 a.m. and 7:23 a.m.

The phenomena - a blue moon, a blood moon, a lunar eclipse and a super moon - aren't all that uncommon on their own, but they haven't happened together since 1866. So what are these individual events?

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Supermoon: The term "Supermoon" was coined by an astronomer in 1979, according to NASA, and we still use it today to refer to a moon around the time it is closest in its orbit to Earth.

The Supermoon may not look any bigger at 11 p.m., but scientists say it's easiest to see when it's rising or setting.

Blue Moon: A blue moon usually doesn't speak to the color of the moon but rather, as the saying goes, to the rarity of the event. The type of blue moon that we'll see Wednesday is a monthly blue moon, meaning it's the second full moon of the month. The first was Jan. 2, and it was also a Supermoon.

Full moons occur every 29 1/2 days, so it's not that uncommon that two would fall in the same month.

Blood Moon: The blood moon gets its name from the color it turns during a total lunar eclipse. As the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, no direct sunlight is illuminating the moon's surface, but the indirect light reaching the moon bounces off the Earth's atmosphere, coloring the moon a reddish orange shade.

What will we see? So far, the San Antonio-area's forecast is holding at partly cloudy, meaning we'll have a shot at seeing the Super Blue Blood Moon, but you're going to have to find the right spot. NASA scientist Noah Petro recommends getting to an elevated spot away from buildings.

Even in the perfect spot, we won't get the view Hawaiians will have. Petro told the Express-News the reddish moon will be visible there for 76 minutes.