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In a rare astronomical event, August 2023 stargazers will see two supermoons, coupled with the appearance of an elusive blue moon

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[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Informative killjoy: Humans cannot discern a supermoon from a regular moon purely by looking. If a supermoon looks big and bright to you it's probably because you read/heard it was a supermoon and that attuned expectations.

Most full moons look just as big and bright - clear night permitting anyway - and the horizon illusion happens regardless of Moon super-ness.