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August 2023 is putting on two lunar shows for us, coming in the form of two super full moons.The Sturgeon Moon, the first of the month's full moons, rises on Aug. 1 in the sign of Aquarius.
The first full moon of the month will take place on Tuesday, 1 August, with the next one taking place on 30 August. Both will be within 360,000 kilometres of Earth, meaning they will appear bigger ...
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, the Full Moon in Pisces will peak at 9:35 p.m. ET ... The Spiritual Meaning of a Supermoon in Astrology. Shutterstock | Zolotarevs.
Báik-nguŏk-cáik. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid-September to early October of the Gregorian calendar. [1]
The most recent full supermoon occurred on September 29, 2023, and the next one will be on August 19, 2024. The supermoon of November 14, 2016, was the closest full occurrence since January 26, 1948, and will not be surpassed until November 25, 2034. The closest full supermoon of the 21st century will occur on December 6, 2052.
Lantern Festival (in China) Tết Nguyên Tiêu (in Vietnam) [3] Māgha Pūjā (also written as Makha Bucha Day) is a Buddhist festival celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month [7] in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabaung in Myanmar. It is the second most important Buddhist festival after Vesak ...
A 1997 Taiwanese movie, Blue Moon, had the log line “There is usually only one full moon every month, but occasionally there are two – and that second full moon is called the Blue Moon. It is said that when a person sees a blue moon and makes a wish, he will be granted a second chance in things.”.
The full moon occurs roughly once a month. The time interval between a full moon and the next repetition of the same phase, a synodic month, averages about 29.53 days. Because of irregularities in the moon's orbit, the new and full moons may fall up to thirteen hours either side of their mean.