August gets not only a second full moon but a rare super blue moon
August is almost over, but it still has a rare event to deliver to skywatchers in the form of a second full moon.
And if weather is poor in your area, no need to fret: You can watch the Super Blue Moon with a free livestream hosted by the Virtual Telescope Project. Following the full moon on Wednesday, the moon will rise and set an hour later each night and the illuminated side of the moon will shrink or "wane." This leads to the next new moon on Thursday, Sept. 14, at which time the moon will be completely dark and will rise and set with the sun, meaning it is completely absent from the night sky. The new moon will mark the beginning of the next 29.5-day lunar cycle.
Super Blue Moon coincidences are rare, with NASA saying that they occur on average once every decade. Despite this, a Super Blue Moon could happen twice within the same month, or there could be as long as two decades between one Super Blue Moon and the next.
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