August is kicking off with what's known as a sturgeon supermoon and ending with a Blue Supermoon (although it won't be coloured blue). Here's what you need to know.
abc.net.au/news/next-full-moon-august-supermoon-sturgeon-blue/102638506August is going to be a big month for Moon watchers, with two supermoons happening in the same month.And it'll end with a "blue supermoon" .— that's the sturgeon moon.They'll both be supermoons..
So there are times in the Moon's orbit when it's closer to Earth — that's called the perigee.the Moon looks biggerThe opposite of this is the apogee, when the Moon is 405,504km from EarthAnd when a full moon coincides with the apogee, it's called a micromoon."Supermoon" isn't really a technical term, but it's generally applied when the Moon is 90 per cent or closer to its perigee.
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