Supermoon in August 2023: See date, time, when to watch Supermoon in India
Supermoon in August 2023: The cosmos will be offering double supermoons in the month of August. The first will be visible tonight i.e. on 1 August while the second will be witnessed at the end of the month i.e.
on 30 August. Today, the distance will be closer than the usual which just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometres) away. On 30 August, it will be called a blue moon as it would be second full moon occuring in the same month and distance during this time will be more closer which is 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometres).
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August," said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise, as reported by Associated Press.
This is not the first time two full supermoon would be occurring in the same month. The last time two supermoons were seen in 2018 while the next such phenomenon will be witnessed in 2037, , according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project as reported by AP. July saw the first supermoon of 2023 and last will be in September while the two in August will be closer than either of those.
As per NASA, supermoon occurs when the Moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time when the Moon is full. The term Supermoon was coined in the year 1979. It is often used to describe what astronomers would call a perigean (pear-ih-jee-un) full moon.
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