To see this supermoon, skywatchers are going to want to get their timing just right on Aug. 30.
As explained above, a Blue Moon is commonly classified as the second full moon of a single calendar month . Full moons occur around 12.4 times a year, and that means that every 2.8 years, a 12-month period has 13 full moons. Thus, one of those months will have to accommodate two full moons and, thus, has a Blue Moon.
Because the moon's cycle takes 29.5 days to go from one full moon to the next, that means this month saw the Full Sturgeon Moon at the start of the month and a second, the Blue Moon, at the end of the month. Not all Blue Moons are supermoons like the full moon of Aug. 30, however. . This happens because the moon's orbit around our planet isn't circular, but rather elliptical like a flattened circle or an oval.
Despite this disparity in Earth-moon distance, there isn't a huge difference in how the moon actually looks in the sky during a standard full moon and during a supermoon. The moon may appearlarger and brighter during a supermoon, but this will be imperceptible to anyone except those skywatchers who have significant experience observing the moon.
Blue moon/supermoon coincidences are a lot rarer than either individual supermoons or Blue Moons. While a super blue moon could happen twice within the same month, they can also be separated by periods as long as 20 years,While it won't be a Super Blue Moon, skywatchers will get the opportunity to see another supermoon in 2023. September's Full Corn Moon on Sept. 29 will be the fourth supermoon in a row and will also be the final supermoon of this year.
the next supermoon after this will be on Sept. 18, 2024, with the second of two supermoons next year followed a second supermoon a month later on Oct. 17, 2024.
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