A blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to the second full moon in one calendar month.
A rare super blue moon has appeared over the UK, treating stargazers to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year.
Appearing larger than usual, it was expected to rise at around 8pm on Thursday to then set at around 6am the following day, but it shone on Wednesday night. Astronomer Professor Don Pollacco, from the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick, said: “One of the flukes of nature is that the apparent size of the Moon can be very similar to that of the Sun.“This occurs because, while the Moon is much smaller than the Sun, it is much closer to the Earth.”
“The most common definition of a blue moon is that it is the second full moon in one calendar month.”
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