2023-08-31 03:16:10
Rare phenomenon on the night of Wednesday August 30 to Thursday August 31, 2023. You had to look up to the sky to contemplate the last “super blue moon” before 2037. The star appeared 14% larger.
This astronomical event, slightly visible to the naked eye, did not escape astronomy fans and was especially immortalized by photographers around the world.
The “Super Blue Moon” rises over La Paz, Bolivia. | LUIS GANDARILLAS / EPA-EFE View full screen The “super blue moon” rises over La Paz, Bolivia. | LUIS GANDARILLAS / EPA-EFE
At 3:36 a.m. (France), Earth’s natural satellite found itself simultaneously at its closest level to Earth and directly opposite the sun.
The ‘Blue Super Moon’ above the Temple of Apollo in Corinth, Greece. | VALERIE GACHE / AFP See in full screen The “super blue Moon” above the Temple of Apollo in Corinth, Greece. | VALERIE GACHE / AFP
For the occasion, NASA organized a live broadcast of the phenomenon on YouTube overnight with the Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, while the star will be under the horizon of Rome.
A “super blue moon” not blue at all
The second full moon in a month is called a “blue moon”, a phenomenon that occurs on average every two and a half years. But the star is not blue at all.
A British Airways Airbus A320 regarding to land at Heathrow Airport, London. | JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP View full screen A British Airways Airbus A320 regarding to land at Heathrow Airport in London. | JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP
The term “blue moon” is taken from the English “once in a blue moon” which designates a situation that occurs only very rarely. The French equivalent of the expression “every 36th of the month”.
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