2024-08-19 04:00:15
This August 2024 has a big show in store for us: the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The latter is about to emerge on August 19. But this already remarkable phenomenon has a name that arouses curiosity: a “super lune “blue”, a term that requires some clarification to be fully understood.
The August full moon is traditionally called the “Sturgeon Moon”, in reference to the period when these fish are abundant. But this yearit coincides with a rare “blue moon”. In astronomythis term designates either the second full moon in the same month, or the third full moon of a saison which has four. In this case, it is this second scenario which occurs.
These seasonal “blue moons” are relatively rare, occurring every two to three years. The next such occurrence won’t occur until May 2027. The August 19 Sturgeon Moon will therefore be the third full moon since the summer solstice, occurring before the summer equinox.autumn scheduled for September 22.
This month of August 2024 also marks the beginning of a series of supermoons, those moments when the moon, in orbit around the Terrecomes as close as possible to our planetcreating a particularly large and bright moon. The year will have four supermoons, with the one in August being the closest.
In addition to the fascination it arouses for its size and brightness, this August full moon is a spectacle accessible to all, without the need for sophisticated telescopes. However, for the more curious, a pair of binoculars could reveal subtle details of the surface lunarinvisible to the naked eye.
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