DON'T MISS THE BLUE MOON OVER THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS NEXT TIME THERE WILL BE 2 IN ONE YEAR WILL BE 2037 🌕
First things first: a blue moon has nothing to do with the colour of the Moon. Instead, it is all to do with the timing of full moons during the year. Find out more about them below.
Normally blue moons come only about every two or three years. In 2018 unusually, we had two blue moons in one year and only two months apart – and one was a lunar eclipse! The next time we will get two blue moons in a year will be 2037.
Traditional definition of a blue moon
Which of the 13 full moons is the blue moon is up for debate. Traditionally the definition of a blue moon is the third full Moon in an astronomical season containing four full moons. This is the most complicated definition for people using the standard calendar, as the astronomical seasons begin and end at the equinoxes and solstices (e.g. the winter season begins at the winter solstice and ends at the spring equinox, the spring season begins at the spring equinox and ends at the summer solstice and so on).
The next blue moon takes place on 31 August 2023. As this Moon is also a supermoon, it will be a Super Blue Moon.
Future blue moon dates:
2023
31 August
2026
31 May
2028
31 December
Weather Forecast
Tonight Wednesday will see cloudy conditions nationwide with rain moving across the country.
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