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| A Supermoon in New York City((Joel Sharpe/Getty Images) |
Last Double Supermoon for a Long Time
Once in a lifetime, the blue moon will appear "blue supermoon" in the world's sky and this beautiful and bright sight should not be overlooked.
Otherwise, you won't have a chance to see anything similar until 2032.
However, if you open your eyes to a blue luna, you will be disappointed.
Despite the name, Blue Lunas do not shine bright or deep blue.
How the time came is a bit unclear. It seems to have been used centuries ago to describe impossible situations like "if pigs could fly".
However, after the volcano erupted in 1800, the sky changed a strange color, giving the Moon a blue hue. Colloquially, "blue luna" refers to a rare occasional event.
Get Ready For a Rare Double Supermoon 2023
Today, in technical astronomical terms, one blue moon means four full moons occurring in the same season, not the usual three.More recently, it has also been used to describe the second luna placed inside a moon. Meanwhile, a supermoon is when the Luna is closest to Earth in an orbit, coinciding with a new phase or full moon.
The simultaneous occurrence of both events is called a "super blue luna" or a "blue new moon".
August hosts two of the four new moons that will occur in 2023.
The first will rise on the first day of the month and will be 7.1% larger, closer to 15.6% Brighter than the usual moon.
If you haven't had the chance to go outside and see the luna, Italian astronomer Gianluca Massi is doing a live broadcast of the moon rising above the Colosseum as part of a virtual demonstration. "My aim is to capture the beauty of the show... I hope we bring the feeling of the show to our viewers," Massey told PBS. Even if you miss the Supermoon, you won't have to wait long for another Supermoon.
The simultaneous occurrence of both events is called a "super blue luna" or a "blue new moon".
August hosts two of the four new moons that will occur in 2023.
The first will rise on the first day of the month and will be 7.1% larger, closer to 15.6% Brighter than the usual moon.
If you haven't had the chance to go outside and see the luna, Italian astronomer Gianluca Massi is doing a live broadcast of the moon rising above the Colosseum as part of a virtual demonstration. "My aim is to capture the beauty of the show... I hope we bring the feeling of the show to our viewers," Massey told PBS. Even if you miss the Supermoon, you won't have to wait long for another Supermoon.
The second will take place 19 days after August 31st. It will be 0.1 percent larger and brighter than before.
This particular blue luna will be "the closest, largest, and brightest super full luna of 2023," according to the Official Almanac, which has been tracking the moon's movements for hundreds of years. Although none of these moons appear blue, they may appear slightly orange.
This is because the August full luna is holding the Earth lower than the horizon. Like a sunset, this means that short wavelengths (like blue) decrease as they pass through the atmosphere, leaving longer wavelengths (like red and orange) behind.
The last time this blue supermoon appeared in our sky was five years ago in 2018 when it was redder than usual.
Is technically a "Super Blue Blood Luna" because it's not only the second full moon, but it's the brightest luna when Earth's shadow covers all three moons close together. This gives a big bright luna.
Our next lunar months will not occur until January 31, 2037. Until then, we will be battling two orange-yellow super-blue moons, one this August and the other in August 2032.
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