Rare Super Blue Moon to Arrive This Week

Super Blue Moon (Courtesy: WVLT)

Rare Super Blue Moon to Arrive This Week

(WOKI) There is a rare super blue moon set to grace the skies this week.

NASA defines the term supermoon “as either a new or full moon that happens when the moon is within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth.”

The moon will be closest to Earth for this orbit Wednesday morning at 11:55. According to NASA, the moon will appear full for three days, from Tuesday to Friday morning.

“About 25% of all full moons are supermoons, but only 3% of full moons are blue moons,” according to NASA.

The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037.

Super Blue Moon (Courtesy: WVLT)