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How can you see August 2023’s 2nd full moon? The full moon rises on Aug. 30 at 9:35 p.m. ET. This is the first blue moon since August 2021. The next one will be in August 2024; after that, May 2027.
The full moon peaks on 9:36 PM ET on Wednesday, August 30, 2023, but generally looks full a day before and the day after too. Check your local moonrise and set times for the best viewing time ...
This year’s Blue Moon takes place on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. According to CNN , this full moon will hit its peak at 9:36 p.m. ET and you should be able to see it fully into Aug. 31.
The moon will look even larger due to the angle and distance from Earth. Then, on August 30th, we will have a second full moon-also a super moon. This will be called the "blue moon" as having two full moons in one month only happens rarely (hence the phrase "once in a blue moon" to indicate rarity).
A 1997 Taiwanese movie, Blue Moon, had the log line “There is usually only one full moon every month, but occasionally there are two – and that second full moon is called the Blue Moon. It is said that when a person sees a blue moon and makes a wish, he will be granted a second chance in things.”.
Chandrayaan-3 was launched aboard an LVM3-M4 rocket on 14 July 2023, at 09:05 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India. On 23 August 2023, as the lander approached the low point of its orbit, its four engines fired as a braking manoeuvre at 30 kilometres (19 mi) above the Moon's surface.
The most recent full supermoon occurred on September 29, 2023, and the next one will be on August 19, 2024. [ 13 ] The supermoon of November 14, 2016, was the closest full occurrence since January 26, 1948, and will not be surpassed until November 25, 2034.
Aug 27, 2023, 2:13 PM. A rare event will occur on the evening of August 30, 2023, as a second full moon for the month will occur (AKA Blue Moon) and will pair up with Saturn. Both of them are at their biggest and brightest for 2023! The moon will be 222,043 miles away. The average distance between Earth and the moon is 240,000 miles .