{"id":1986149,"date":"2023-07-30T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-supermoons-due-in-august\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T15:00:57","slug":"two-supermoons-due-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-supermoons-due-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Two supermoons expected in August."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-supermoons-due-in-august%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Get Ready for Two Spectacular Supermoons \u2064in August!<\/h2>\n<p>Starting Tuesday night, get ready\u2062 to\u2062 witness the\u200d breathtaking beauty of not\u2062 just one, but \u200dtwo supermoons in August. As the moon gracefully orbits the Earth in its elliptical path, there are certain times \u2064when it \u200bcomes closest to our planet.\u200b And when it happens \u2062to be a\u2064 full\u200b moon at its closest point, we are treated to \u2062the mesmerizing phenomenon known as a supermoon.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, the moon will be \u200ca mere 226,000 \u200cmiles away, almost 30,000\u2063 miles closer than its farthest point. The first supermoon of the year already graced us\u200c on the\u2064 Fourth of July weekend, and now we\u200c have the privilege of\u200b experiencing two more in August.<\/p>\n<h3>What Makes a Supermoon So Special?<\/h3>\n<p>According to \u2062NASA, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-supermoon-in-2023-comes-during-holiday-weekend\/\" title=\"2023's first supermoon coincides with a holiday weekend.\">perigean full moon<\/a> (when the\u2064 moon is at its \u2064closest) and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-supermoons-due-in-august\/\" title=\"Two supermoons expected in August.\">extreme perigean full moon create<\/a> more\u2063 intense \u200dhigh and low\u200b tides. This is due to the varying gravitational pull of the\u200b moon across the \u2063diameter of\u2062 our planet. So\u2064 get ready for some extraordinary tidal displays!<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all! When two full moons occur within a single month, the\u200c second one is known as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-and-community-members-feed-those-in-need-after-ala-tornado\/\" title=\"Restaurants and community members feed those in need after Ala. tornado\">blue moon<\/a>.&#8221; And mark your \u2062calendars because \u200cAugust 30th \u2062will \u2063be the only blue moon this year. It&#8217;s a rare celestial event that you won&#8217;t\u200b want to miss!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t \u2064forget to keep an eye \u2064out for the next occurrence of two supermoons in one month. The last\u2064 time it happened was in \u20642018, and we won&#8217;t witness \u2064this phenomenon again until 20237. So\u2062 make sure to savor the magic of these supermoons \u2064while you can!<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s even more to look forward to! Another supermoon is scheduled to illuminate \u2063the night\u200d sky on September 29th.\u2062 So keep your eyes\u200c peeled for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-asteroid-to-pass-by-earth-sunday-night\/\" title=\"Giant asteroid approaching Earth Sunday night.\">celestial spectacle<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For more fascinating news and updates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a full moon, it is referred to as a supermoon. This phenomenon occurs twice this August, with the first one visible on Tuesday night. Due to the moon&#8217;s elliptical orbit, it periodically comes closest to Earth during its 27-day journey, resulting in these captivating celestial events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1986150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}