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A blue moon refers either to the presence of a second full moon in a calendar month, ... This page was last edited on 5 January 2025, at 08:51 (UTC).
Starting off with a special seasonal blue moon on Aug. 19, which will be the last blue moon until May 20, 2027. The other full supermoons will occur on Sept. 18, Oct. 17 and Nov. 15, ...
The full moon of January 31, 2018 was the second full moon that calendar month (in most time zones), making it, under one definition of the term, a "blue moon". Additionally referencing the orange or red "blood" colors that occur during a lunar eclipse, media sources described the event as a "super blue blood Moon". [9]
When this happens, the third moon in the line up is called a blue moon, NASA said. When was the last super blue moon? The last time this events happened at the same time was August 2023.
The last seasonal blue moon was in August 2021, and the next one won't occur until May 20, 2027. The next monthly blue moon will take place on May 31, 2026, according to Time and Date.
This eclipse was the last of four lunar eclipses in 2009, with the others occurring on February 9 (penumbral), July 7 (penumbral), and August 6 (penumbral). This lunar eclipse was also notable, because it occurred during a blue moon (a second full moon in December) and was near perigee (making it a supermoon).
As NASA has explained, Blue Moons happen about every two and a half years; the last Blue Moon was in 2020. The last seasonal Blue Moon was in 2021, though, according to Space.
A total lunar eclipse occurred at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, December 30, 1982, [1] with an umbral magnitude of 1.1822. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow.