{"id":364045,"date":"2026-06-01T16:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=364045"},"modified":"2026-06-01T16:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:37:32","slug":"blue-micromoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-micromoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Micromoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A rare astronomical phenomenon will appear in the night sky, featuring a micromoon that will also be a blue moon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Blue Micromoon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_364068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-364068\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-364068\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NASA.jpg?resize=300%2C231&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue Micromoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NASA.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NASA.jpg?resize=768%2C591&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-NASA.jpg?w=1018&amp;ssl=1 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-364068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>micromoon<\/strong> is a<strong> full or new moon that occurs when the moon is roughly at its farthest from Earth<\/strong> in its orbit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why does it happen:<\/strong> The moon\u2019s<strong> orbit around Earth isn\u2019t a perfect circle.<\/strong> It takes about a month to orbit Earth once.\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0So the moon has a<strong> nearest point (perigee) and a farthest point (apogee) each month.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>When the moon\u00a0<strong>reaches a fully illuminated phase<strong> within a short time of apogee, it appears smaller-than-usual<\/strong>. <\/strong>This is why it is called a<strong> full micromoon.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong> The moon is about <strong>363,711 km away at its closest to Earth<\/strong>, known as <strong>perigee. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A supermoon<\/strong> occurs when the moon passes through or is close to its perigee.<\/li>\n<li>At apogee, or the<strong> furthest point,<\/strong> the moon is <strong>about 403,945 km away.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s<strong> no strict definition of how close to apogee<\/strong> the moon should be to be called a micromoon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rare event:<\/strong> A blue micromoon occurs <strong>about once every couple of decades.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Blue Moon<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.esa.int\/var\/esa\/storage\/images\/esa_multimedia\/images\/2020\/10\/once_in_a_blue_moon\/22289992-1-eng-GB\/Once_in_a_blue_moon_pillars.png?resize=630%2C354&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue moon' \" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: esa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>Blue Moon<\/strong> refers to a situation in<strong> which two full moons occur within the same calendar month. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Since the<strong> lunar cycle from one new moon to the next lasts about 29.5 days,<\/strong> a full moon that appears on the 1st or 2nd day of a month can be followed by another full moon on the 30th or 31st.<\/li>\n<li>This phenomenon <strong>occurs roughly every two to three years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The moons not really turn blue rather, in some cases, <strong>smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere can scatter red wavelengths of light, causing the Moon to appear slightly bluer<\/strong> than usual in certain locations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A rare astronomical phenomenon will appear in the night sky, featuring a micromoon that will also be a blue moon. About Blue Micromoon A micromoon is a full or new moon that occurs when the moon is roughly at its farthest from Earth in its orbit. Why does it happen: The moon\u2019s orbit around&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-micromoon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Micromoon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-364045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}