Turn your gaze skyward this evening to witness a rare spectacle—a blue supermoon, a sight that won’t grace our skies for more than a decade.
The Blue Supermoon will illuminate one of the final evenings of August this evening, appearing exceptionally large and bright. NASA explains that the moon will approach its closest proximity to Earth’s center, positioned around 222,000 miles away, the phenomenon known as a supermoon.
As stated by the farmer’s almanac, this evening’s supermoon will be even more spectacular as it is set to be the biggest and most radiant of 2023. The moon will come nearly 17,000 miles closer than typically seen.
This supermoon will also be a blue moon because this will mark the second full moon to occur this month. While not a rare incident, the Space Administration clarifies that blue moons can emerge every two to three years. However, experiencing this convergence of two celestial events simultaneously won’t recur until 2037. The most recent instance of this pairing was observed in 2009.
The best time to view this rare event is shortly after the sun sets at around 7:40 p.m.
