A rare event will take place, where there will be a blue moon, a blood moon, and a super moon at the same time. Separately, these events are rather common, but all together its pretty rare.
A blue moon is described as the second full month within the month . This moon is also the third super moon in a series of super moons. A super moon aprears 14% brighter than usual, as its the closest to Earth in its orbit. This super blue moon will then pass through the Earth's shadow creating a lunar eclipse; which gives the moon a reddish tint hence the blood moon.
The Midwest would be under good viewing conditions if skies remained clear, however skies will begin to cloud up late Tuesday ahead of our next system. Obviously this would make for poor viewing conditions, but there is some good news in the cloud forecast.Looking up through the atmosphere, dry air will enter at the low to mid levels across the Stateline in the pre-dawn hours allowing for some clearing to take place. There will still be a few high level clouds, but the cloud forecast is definitely improving.
The area with a higher chance for clouds to clear would be near Rockford and into Boone and McHenry counties, and then south near the Quad Cities and near Peoria. Or, if you happen to be in the southern half of the state, skies will be mainly clear. The best time to view the super blue blood moon will be around 6:15 through about 7am Wednesday morning. You'll want to look to the west! 
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