When a full moon draws close to Earth, lovely things happen.
But the moon hardly needs human intervention to make cosmic headlines. Tonight at shortly after 8:30 p.m. eastern time, through the morning of Sept. 1, a rare “super blue moon” will rise in the skies, creating a spectacle that thrills photographers, amateur sky watchers and even seasoned astronomers.
The ”super blue moon” label requires a little unpacking. For starters there is nothing remotely blue about the way the moon will look tonight. Instead, the label–—refers to the second full moon in any single month. The last one to fill the skies was Aug. 1, so tonight’s full moon comes in just under the wire to qualify for the blue distinction. Blue moons are not common.
, so tonight’s moon would be noteworthy no matter what. But then there’s the “supermoon” label to consider too.The moon was born in violence. About 4.5 billion years ago, a small, Mars-sized planet collided with the infant Earth, sending up a cloud of debris from both worlds that eventually coalesced into the moon. That kind of explosive release of energy was not likely to lead to a tidy, circular orbit—and it didn't.
For all of the hoopla created by supermoons, they’re actually quite common. About 25% of all full moons are supermoons,
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