A uncommon blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the yr — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night time.
Saturn joined the celestial spectacle, seen alongside the moon, not less than the place skies had been clear.
It was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually near Earth, subsequently a supermoon.
The moon seemed to be larger and brighter than traditional, given its shut proximity to Earth: simply 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) or so. The Aug. 1 supermoon was greater than 100 miles (160 kilometers) farther away.
If you missed it, it is going to be an extended wait: The subsequent blue supermoon isn’t till 2037. But one other common supermoon is on the horizon at the finish of September, the final one among the yr.
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The ‘Blue Moon’ rises over Doha metropolis on August 30, 2023.
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A full blue moon rises behind the Royal Liver Building and the Liver Bird statues on August 30, 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
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The “Blue Supermoon”, the second full moon of a calendar month, rises above the Apollo Temple in historical Corinth, on August 30, 2023.
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A full moon generally known as the “Blue Moon” rises behind the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey on August 30, 2023.
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A full moon generally known as the “Blue Moon” rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, close to Athens, Greece, on August 30, 2023.
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An image taken from the Israeli metropolis of Rosh Haain exhibits the ‘Blue Moon’ rising over the West Bank, on August 30, 2023.
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The Super Blue Moon as seen in the sky above the India Gate, in New Delhi, on August 30, 2023.
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The Super Blue Moon is seen over the stands as the groups stroll off, after the first IT20 cricket match between England and New Zealand, at the Seat Unique Riverside, in County Durham, England, on August 30, 2023.
