Supermoon Solar Eclipse reported this Friday the 13th for the first Time in 43 years 

Have you ever heard of a Supermoon Solar Eclipse on Friday the 13th?

A new moon that's as close to Earth as it gets for the rest of 2018 will pass in front of the sun this Friday, July 13. The ultra-rare occurrence will be viewable from South Australia, the Pacific, and the Indian Ocean, Travelandleisure.com reports.

There hasn't been a solar eclipse on Friday the 13th since December 13, 1974, and it won't happen again until September 13, 2080, according to EarthSky.

A supermoon occurs because the moon’s orbit around Earth is elliptical, so sometimes it's closer, and looks a little larger than usual. The supermoon doesn't cause eclipses, though — that's the moon's slightly tilted orbit, which means that a New Moon only occasionally intersects the Sun's apparent path through the daytime sky. It's a mere coincidence that it's happening on Friday the 13th, one of only two in 2018.

The last solar eclipse in Australia was on November 13, 2012. The moon’s shadow traversed Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland and the Pacific Ocean for a total solar eclipse, and observers in places around Palm Cove, Mount Carbine, and Cairns experienced a darkness for a couple of minutes.