Blue Moon 2023- Stunning images of rare super blue Moon illuminate the sky across globe – Take a look

Blue Moon 2023: Stunning images of rare super blue Moon illuminate the sky across globe – Take a look1/11

A rare Super Blue Moon illuminated the sky across globe on Wednesday night (August 30). This rare celestial event was seen around the world, including United States, Canada, Greece and many other countries. This was a rare combination of two different phenomena, a Blue Moon and a supermoon. This phenomenon is an astronomical event that occurs when a full moon coincides with both a blue moon and a perigee moon. Here is a glimpse of rare Super Blue Moon –2/11

A super moon, known as the Blue Moon, is obscured by clouds as it rises above the city of San Diego, California, U.S., August 30, 2023. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

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The August Super Blue Moon sets behind the CN tower in Toronto on Wednesday August 30, 2023. The moon is at it’s closest 2023 approach to earth and will be full just after moonrise tonight. (AP/PTI)

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A full moon known as the “Blue Moon” rises behind the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounion, near Athens, Greece, August 30, 2023. (REUTERS/Stelios Misinas)

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The August Super Blue Moon sets behind a historical building and the St. Basil’s Cathedral, right, as people walk in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP/PTI)

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A Super Blue Moon rises above Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A Blue Moon is usually classified as the second full moon which occurs in a single calendar month, according to NASA. (REUTERS)

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The Blue Moon, this year’s biggest and brightest super moon, appears in Gaza’s sky, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip August 31, 2023. (REUTERS)

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A super moon is seen over Kolkata’s skyline, India, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, also known as a blue moon. A little bigger and brighter thanks to its slightly closer position to Earth. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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A rare astronomical event seen above Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (REUTERS)

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The blue supermoon rises behind Navy Pier Auditorium, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Chicago. The cosmic curtain rose Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it is considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

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Children watch a super moon, known as the Blue Moon, as it rises above Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (REUTERS)