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Another full turn around the sun means another year of full moons, supermoons and even a rare blue moon. Here's when to see them in 2026.
But January's full moon isn't the only lunar event to look forward to in 2026. From an eclipse and a blue moon to super moons, these are the events you should mark your calendar for. The first full moon will take place on Saturday, Jan. 3, and it will also be a super moon.
Kicking off the year’s cosmic wonders is the moon, drawing the first astronauts to visit in more than 50 years as well as a caravan of robotic lunar landers including Jeff Bezos’ new supersized Blue Moon. A supermoon looms on Jan. 3 and an astronomical blue moon is on the books for May.
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What Is a Blue Moon and When Is the Next One?
Blue moon is either the second full moon in a calendar month or the third in an astronomical season with four full moons. The phenomenon of a blue moon, despite its name, does not change the moon's typical color to blue. The next blue moon will occur in 2026.
You can also look forward to a total solar eclipse and a total lunar eclipse this year. See if either will be visible in Florida.
The second supermoon this month, a blue moon, is set to appear in the night sky on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This latest supermoon will be the closest of the year, an intimate 222,043 moon miles from Earth, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. We will not see ...
Blue moons, blood moons and honey moons have all worked their way into fiction and folklore, but the changing hue of our planet's biggest satellite remains rooted in science. The moon doesn't produce any of its own light, instead reflecting white ...
There's a lot less sky and a lot more moon in view for Firefly Aerospace's "Ghost Riders in the Sky" mission. Firefly's lunar lander, named Blue Ghost, entered orbit around the moon last week, ending a four-day transit from Earth and starting to gear up ...