2023-08-31 05:17:52
Astronomy fans were able to contemplate on the night of Wednesday to Thursday the last “super blue Moon” before 2037, a rare phenomenon where the Moon is both at its closest level to Earth and directly opposite the sun.
The Moon evolves at an average distance of 384,400 kilometers from Earth and is regarding 363,000 kilometers away, the closest point of its elliptical orbit to Earth to appear 14% larger.
Los Angeles, United States – AFP.
At the same time, the Moon was diametrically opposed to the sun early Thursday (01:36 GMT, 03:36 Belgian time) to give birth to a “super blue Moon”, said NASA, which is organizing a live broadcast of the phenomenon on YouTube overnight with the Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, while the star was below the horizon of Rome.
Belgrade, Serbia – AFP
The expression “Blue Moon” refers to a second full moon in a month, a phenomenon which occurs on average every two and a half years. But the “super blue Moon”, they only appear every ten or twenty years, NASA said, adding that the last dates back to December 2009 and the next to March 2037.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico – REUTERS.
During this phenomenon, the star is not really blue. The expression “blue moon” is rather taken from the English “once in a blue moon” which designates a situation that occurs only very rarely.
San Francisco, USA – Getty Images via AFP
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