08/19/2024

What to Know about Monday's Blue Super Moon

The cosmic event usually happens about once every 10 years

On Monday night, serious moon viewers may notice something different about the moon — if you look hard enough.

The full moon will be a blue supermoon, a celestial occurrence that combines two events: a super moon, which is when the moon is closest to the Earth; and a blue moon, the third of fourth full moons in a single season.

The cosmic event usually happens about once every 10 years, but there was a super blue moon last August as well. NASA determined that the moon had met the criteria for this seemingly rare event two years in a row.

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