First of this month's supermoon special but not in a rainy overcast Wells
By Susie Watkins 2nd Aug 2023
Sadly the Nub News astronomy photographer found that it was simply too rainy to capture the super moon last night.
The moon on August 1 was 222,158 miles (357,530 km) away from earth, not that most of us in Somerset could see it thanks to the rain, which makes it seem larger than usual, hence the name.
So this is a photo the moon taken on the coast in Spain.
But for star and sky gazers you have another chance, on 30 August, the moon will again be super - a distance of 222,043 miles (357,344km). Because it is the second full moon in the month, it is also called a blue moon – but there is a bit of an argument about why?
It may be worth making the most of it since a double super moon in one month will not happen again until 2037.
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