A Super Moon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s perigee, or closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit around our planet, according to Nasa, and a Super Moon can appear 14 to 30 percent bright than a full moon at when the moon is the furthest distance from Earth along its orbit. The next blue Moon will occur this summer, in August 2023. This means that in one of the 12 months will get two full Moons, and this extra full Moon is known as a ‘blue Moon’. In addition to being a full Moon, the Sturgeon Moon is also a marginal Super Moon, meaning it will appear somewhat brighter than other full moons. Because the lunar cycle takes a little under one calendar month, we sometimes get 13 full Moons in a year, which occurs around every 2-3 years. The full Moon will appear on Friday for those east of the Cape Verde time zone. However, for some parts of the worldparts of Europe and all of Africa, Asia, Australia and parts of the Pacificthe Moon will be eclipsed by the Earth. When you are living in the western part of the USA (UTC-08) it's one hour earlier and if you are living in the Eastern part of the USA (UTC-05) it's two hours later. The data are calculated from the timezone MST (Mountain Standard Time) (UTC-07). Known as the Sturgeon Moon by native North American tribes, the August full is also known as the Nikini Poya in Sri Lanka, and will reach fullness at 9.36pm EDT Thursday evening for observers West of Cape Verde, according to a Nasa blog on the full Moon. Watch here the moon phases, like the full moon, for this and next year in the USA. Thursday evening will treat sky watchers to a bright full moon, and the last “ Super Moon” of 2022.
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