We have some special celestial treats for sky gazers to enjoy tonight and again at the end of the month here in New England.
This month features not one but two full moons, with the first happening Tuesday and a second on August 30. If a month has two full moons, as this August does, the second one is often called a Blue Moon. A supermoon is a full moon or a new moon that nearly coincides with perigee—the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth in its elliptic orbit—resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size of the Moon as viewed from Earth.
This gorgeous video from Winthrop shows the Buck Moon, the year's biggest full moon, rising over Boston Harbor from Winthrop on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Unrelated to the moon – there’s a rocket launch to check out in the skies of the Northeast tonight. The Antares rocket launch will be from Wallops, Virginia tonight at 8:31p.m. Southwestern Connecticut will be able to view the launch at about 8:33 p.m. and then the rocket is visible in most of Massachusetts approximately 150 to 180 seconds after the launch – so take a peek southwest around 8:33 to 8:34 p.m.