2023 August 30 - Full Moons of August
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2023-08-30

In today's image, we see the full moon rising on Aug 1 of this year. Tonight, we will have the second full moon of the month, sometimes called a blue moon. It is also a supermoon since it occurs when the Mon is at perigee - the closest point in its elliptical orbit around Earth.

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