Weekend blue micromoon: a distant, dimmer full moon won't return until 2028
A rare blue micromoon will appear this weekend as the second full moon of May (a blue moon) and the most distant, smallest-looking full moon of the year. It will be about 6% smaller and 10% dimmer than a typical full moon due to its distance of roughly 252,360 miles, so the effect may be subtle. The next blue moon won’t occur until December 31, 2028. In the Northern Hemisphere it will appear near Antares in the Scorpius constellation, with the Southern Hemisphere potentially seeing Antares briefly disappear behind the Moon. The Virtual Telescope Project will stream live images of the event.
