From the "flower moon" to the "buck moon," each version has a distinct cultural and astrological meaning. Maybe you've heard the saying, "Once in a blue moon." The colloquialism refers to the rare ...

August's full moon, which is coming Monday, has several names, including supermoon, blue moon and sturgeon moon. So what do they all mean? The "super" part refers to the moon's orbit, which brings ...

The rare super blue moon will reach peak fullness on Monday, Aug. 19. On the heels of the Perseid meteor shower earlier this month, August is offering another great astronomical sight -- the rare ...

Earth won't experience another Blue Moon until 2026. Here we explore this phenomenon in more detail. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Here’s how it works. Update for Aug. 31: The Blue Moon put on quite a show around the world last night. Don't miss our gallery full of incredible photographs of the last Blue Moon until 2037.

A rare super blue moon will shine in the sky as August wraps up. The month already featured a supermoon as it began, but the second full supermoon of the month — which will appear on Wednesday ...

The second supermoon this month, a blue moon, is set to appear in the night sky on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This latest supermoon will be the closest of the year, an intimate 222,043 moon miles from ...

First came a solar eclipse. Then a “strawberry moon.” Now, celestial enthusiasts can look forward to seeing a super blue moon this week starting Monday. The full moon, which will be both a ...

Large in the sky and perfectly round, Monday night’s super blue moon is an attention-getter. But how rare, really, is it? It is unusual because it’s both blue and super. According to NASA ...