"Your Guide to Witnessing the Spectacular Super Blue Moon in 2023"
TL;DR
A rare celestial event, a blue supermoon, will occur on Wednesday night, appearing opposite the Sun at 9:36pm EDT. This supermoon is the second full moon in August and will be the closest full moon of the year, appearing brighter and larger than usual. Saturn will also be visible as a bright point near the moon. However, the timing of the supermoon coincides with Hurricane Idalia, potentially exacerbating flooding due to the higher tides caused by the supermoon's gravitational pull.
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