“On the night of August 31, Muscovites will be able to see the Blue Moon (the second Supermoon this month), when the full Moon approaches Earth at a distance of less than 362,000 kilometers,” Pozdnyakova said.
Since the periphery of the anticyclone will determine the weather, a partly cloudy sky will allow the Moon to be seen. It will reach its maximum size at 4 hours 35 minutes.
“The ‘Blue Moon’ effect is the brightest full moon, a rather rare phenomenon; the next time the Moon will also come close to Earth will not be until 2037,” Pozdnyakova said.
