What to Know About the Blue Supermoon

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What to Know About the Blue Supermoon

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/science/rare-august-blue-supermoon.html

The celestial event, which is visible from Sunday to Wednesday morning, probably won’t happen again until 2037.

What to Know About the Blue Supermoon

The celestial event, which is visible from Sunday to Wednesday morning, probably won’t happen again until 2037. A “blue” moon bears no connection to the color blue, and the moon won’t have a colorful tinge. Instead, a blue moon is used to describe what is effectively an additional full moon, one that violates the rule of thumb, that there is one full moon in a month, or three full moons in a season.