Sailors have always watched the sky. This August, the sky is putting on quite a show. In case you missed it, last night was a supermoon. A supermoon occurs when the Moon is at the closest point to the Earth, … Continue reading
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On Wednesday, much of the world will be able to watch a blue moon, a supermoon and a blood moon, all at once. A blue moon is a term for a second full moon in a given month. There was … Continue reading
We have posted before about the blue moon, which is the name given to the second full moon appearing in any given month. Tonight, September 30th in the Western hemisphere, there will occur the darker version of the blue moon — … Continue reading
Tonight’s sky will be graced by a “blue moon.” It is the first blue moon since New Year’s Eve 2009. The next blue moon won’t appear until July 2015. Tonight’s full moon won’t actually be blue for most of us. … Continue reading