STARGAZERS were treated to the sight of a rare super blue moon on Wednesday evening in a phenomenon that will only happen once this year.
Despite its name, a blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to the second full moon in one calendar month.Most months only have one full moon, so a second is quite a rare event, occurring approximately once every two or three years.Whether or not people were able to catch a glimpse was dependent on local conditions.
Low cloud cover, favourable weather and no obstructions on the horizon were all key to catching a glimpse of the rare sight. 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.
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