T
he moon rising on Wednesday, Aug. 30 will be taking three labels, a full moon, a supermoon, and a blue moon, resulting in it being called a super blue moon. T
h
is rare event takes place when the full moon is a little bit closer to us than usual and appears especially large and bright in the sky. Al
t
hough the moon itself is not blue, it takes that name because it would be the second full moon of the month and the lack of red wavelengths of light may cause it to appear such color. Acc
o
rding to NASA, the moon will
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