The upcoming moon will look bigger and brighter than the average full moon.
The moon, which officially turns full during the afternoon on Monday, Aug. 19, will not look blue. But it is classified as one of two different types ofbecause it occurs fairly infrequently. It is considered a “seasonal blue moon” because it’s the third of four full moons occurring during the same season.
Another type of blue moon — a monthly blue moon — is the second of two full moons occurring during the same calendar month, but that won’t be the case with the August moon.takes 29.5 days to complete, from a new moon to a full moon, and most months have 30 or 31 days.Similar to monthly blue moons, seasonal blue moons occur about once every two to three years. So they are infrequent, but not extremely rare.
On Sunday, the near-full moon will start rising in the east-southeastern sky at about 7:36 p.m. in the New York City region and in the Newark area of northern New Jersey, according toOn Monday, the full supermoon will begin to rise in the east-southeastern sky about 8:07 p.m. in the New York City and Newark region. The moonrise time will be around 8:10 p.m. Monday in the Philadelphia region.
These are the dates, times and nicknames of the 12 full moons that will be shining in the sky in 2024. The times are listed in the Eastern time zone.Supermoons are moons that become full when their orbits are closer than average to the Earth — making them appear to be slightly bigger and as much as 30% brighter than ordinary full moons, especially when they begin to rise.
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