The full moon on Aug. 1 is the second of four supermoons in the summer of 2023, with the next, the Full Blue Moon, falling on Aug. 30.
Following the Sturgeon full moon, the illuminated lunar face will recede with the moon being described as"waning." The waning moon will also rise and set an hour later each day. This leads to the next new moon on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023., which marks the start of a new 29.5-day lunar cycle, the moon will be completely dark, and it will rise and set at around 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., respectively. This means during the new moon, the moon is completely absent from the night sky.
This will lead to the next supermoon, the Aug. 30 Full Blue Moon, which from New York City will rise at 19:10 EDT and will set at 06:46 EDT on Aug. 31. A supermoon happens when the moon is both in the full moon phase of its 29.5-day lunar cycle and when it is around its perigee. This means the official term for a supermoon is a"perigean full moon." For a supermoon to occur, the moon doesn't have to be exactly its closest to Earth, however.told Space.com that during the Full Sturgeon Moon, the moon will be 222,158 miles from Earth. This is opposed to its average distance of around 238,000 miles away.
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