The upcoming full Moon, which is gonna grace the UAE’s skies on Thursday, is gonna be something pretty extraordinary. It’s actually gonna be a Blue Supermoon, but they call it a blue Moon. Now, don’t go thinking it’s gonna be blue in color, ’cause it ain’t.
So, you might be wondering, why the heck do they call it a blue Moon then? Well, it’s not ’cause of its color, like, not at all. This whole blue Moon name thing started back in 1946, when some folks at Sky & Telescope magazine came up with this definition. They were like, “Hey, if there are two full Moons in one month on the calendar, let’s call the second one a blue Moon.”
But, hold on a sec, NASA’s got a different take on this. They say, “Wait a minute!” According to them, a Blue Moon is when you get a third full Moon in a season with four Moons. So, basically, it’s got nothing to do with the color of the Moon.
Now, here’s the cool part. This special lunar event is gonna be a full Moon for about three days, starting from Tuesday night and going all the way to Friday morning, at least that’s what the American space agency says. Now, there’s some debate about what makes a Moon “super,” but NASA says that both full Moons in August 2023 make the cut.
Back in the 1800s, people saw blue Moons pretty often, and that was because of the ash that came out of the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa. This ash had tiny particles that liked to scatter red light but let other colors through. That’s what made the Moon look blue, and sometimes, it even went green.
In 1983, something similar happened after Mexico’s El Chichon volcano erupted. So, there you have it, the blue supermoon isn’t gonna be blue, but it’s gonna be a special sight in the sky, thanks to some interesting definitions and volcanic dust.
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