The blue moon will take place Wednesday, Aug. 30, according to Old Farmer’s Almanac. It will reach its peak at 9:36 p.m. It will also appear full the day prior to and following its peak.

A rare celestial occurrence is set to take place Wednesday night as a “super blue moon” rises over the region. The moon will appear 8 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than usual as it ...

The gap between super blue moons can be a decade or two, but NASA says the next ones will occur in both January and March of 2037. The last blue moon occurred two years ago in August 2021.

On top of this rare occasion, this month's blue moon will also be a supermoon. The last time two supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018, and it won’t happen again until 2037.