A rare seasonal " Blue Moon " wowed skywatchers Sunday (Aug. 22), marking the last time this type of moon will grace the sky until 2023.
The full moon, also known as the " Sturgeon Moon ," was not called blue for its color. Rather, it has to do with a scheduling rule that happens during a calendar year with 13 full moons, instead of the usual 12.
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The effects of the Moon's actions upon Earth are still not fully understood. The challenge is to disentangle what is myth and when our lunar companion really does have an influence.
The most obvious effect the Moon has on the Earth can be seen in the ocean tides. As the Earth rotates each day, the Moon's gravity pulls the water on the nearest side of Earth towards it, creating a bulge.
Rare Blue Moon of August 2021 rises tonight. Here's what to expect. | Space
The full moon, also known as the " Sturgeon Moon ," reaches its peak Sunday morning at 8:02 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT). For New York City observers, the full moon will rise at 8:47 p.m., after the sun sets at 7:45 p.m. local time that day.
Full moons occur when the moon is exactly on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun. Generally, a full moon occurs 12 times in a year, or three times for each of the four seasons.
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Step outside around 45 minutes after sunset on Saturday evening (Aug. 21) and in a single glance you'll be able to partake in a gathering of the moon and the biggest planet of our solar system, very low in the east-southeast sky.
Assuming your skies are reasonably clear, you'll be able to see the moon passing near to the planet Jupiter . By about 10:30 p.m.
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The two NASA spacesuit prototypes, one for exploring the surface of the moon's South Pole (left) and one for launch and reentry aboard the agency's Orion spacecraft, won't become a reality in time for a planned 2024 mission. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption
NASA won't be ready to send astronauts to the moon by 2024 as planned because, among other reasons, their spacesuits won't be ready, the agency's internal watchdog found.
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Helios , an Israeli startup developing technology to produce oxygen from lunar soil, signed an agreement with the Japanese company ispace last month to join its second and third missions to the lunar surface.
"We really appreciate ispace's technology and their vision resonates with us deeply," says Helios Co-Founder and CEO Jonathan Geifman tells NoCamels. "Ispace's goal to establish big-scale villages on the lunar surface very much aligns with ours.
NASA's Perseverance rover catches glimpse of Mars' moon
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While on a mission to watch for clouds, NASA's rover Perseverance snagged a view of something else.
In a time-lapse scanning the skies, there's a gleaming dot in the Martian sky. NASA said it's Deimos, one of Mars's two moons.
Sky watching is fun no matter where you are. I took this short time lapse movie to watch for clouds, and caught something else: look closely and you'll see Deimos, one of two moons of Mars.
More on this tiny moon: https://t.co/TzHMc0aIS3 pic.twitter.com/akfbhfsw33
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The future of cosmology is 239,000 miles away — Passant Rabie spoke with astronomers who hope to get close-up images of the universe's mysteries from a vantage point of the moon:
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With daylight slipping away, September's skies make an excellent background for watching stars and planets.
Venus shines briefly above the western horizon after sunset. On the 9th, a young crescent moon joins the planet. As both sink, the brilliant star Arcturus, in Bootes, the herdsman, comes out above them.
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