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From the "flower moon" to the "buck moon," each version has a distinct cultural and astrological meaning. Maybe you've heard the saying, "Once in a blue moon." The colloquialism refers to the rare ...
The famous saying “once in a blue moon” officially happened on Wednesday, Aug. 30, as spectators took in the bright full moon. The term "blue moon" has been ingrained in popular culture ...
August's full moon, which is coming Monday, has several names, including supermoon, blue moon and sturgeon moon. So what do they all mean? The "super" part refers to the moon's orbit, which brings ...
The rare super blue moon will reach peak fullness on Monday, Aug. 19. On the heels of the Perseid meteor shower earlier this month, August is offering another great astronomical sight -- the rare ...
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon MK1 lander on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific ...
A rare super blue moon will shine in the sky as August wraps up. The month already featured a supermoon as it began, but the second full supermoon of the month — which will appear on Wednesday ...
August's full moon, which is coming Monday, August 19, has several names. It's a supermoon, a blue moon and the sturgeon moon. So what do they all mean? The "super" part refers to the moon's orbit ...
Wednesday night skies will feature a “super blue moon,” according to NASA, meaning it will be the second time this month there will be a supermoon—a rarity that won’t occur again for years.
The second supermoon this month, a blue moon, is set to appear in the night sky on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This latest supermoon will be the closest of the year, an intimate 222,043 moon miles from ...
Large in the sky and perfectly round, Monday night’s super blue moon is an attention-getter. But how rare, really, is it? It is unusual because it’s both blue and super. According to NASA ...