WASHINGTON – Sunday and Monday will offer the next full moon and a good chance to point out that it’s much brighter, as well as just as gorgeous as the supermoon Pac Moon appears.
July 2 and July 3 will be the first full supermoon in 2023. The Pac Moon supermoon will reach its zenith at 7:39 AM ET on July 3, According to Almanac.com.
This will be the first of four consecutive Giants titles. The others will be visible on August 1, August 30-31 and September 28-29.
Earlier this year, we had three new supermoons, but because of their location between the Earth and the Sun, they are not lit and not visible. According to EarthSkyAnd Astronomy site published by experts in this field.
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Giant full moons are about 16% brighter than other full moons and may appear larger. This is due to their location in the sky.
The moon moves around the Earth in an elliptical orbit, which is an elliptical shape that makes it closer at some points and farther at others, According to NASA.
At its farthest point from Earth, the aphelion, the Moon is about 253,000 miles away. Its closest point is perihelion, an average of about 226,000 miles from Earth.
A full moon occurs when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun. The moon gets a “super” prefix if it reaches its apogee less than 10 hours after its orbit is closest to Earth. NASA said the term “supermoon” was coined by astrologer Richard Knoll in 1979.
Earthsky said July’s Pascal Moon will be closer to Earth than most other full moons this year. At its closest point, Pak Moon will be 224,895.4 miles from Earth.
blue moon in august, Named so because it is the second full moon in that month, it will be the closest, reaching its perihelion at 222,043 miles from Earth,
The Old Farmer’s Almanac names that apply to the full moon were drawn from a number of places, such as Native American culture and American and European colonial sources. The full moon in July is called the Pak Moon because it will occur at a time when the antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full growth.
It is also referred to as the Thunder Moon because thunderstorms start in early summer.
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