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In Pictures: Rare super blue moon delights stargazers

The phenomenon will only happen once this year.

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Wednesday 30 August 2023 17:48 EDT
The super blue moon rises over The Wallace Monument in Stirling (Andrew Milligan/PA)
The super blue moon rises over The Wallace Monument in Stirling (Andrew Milligan/PA) (PA Wire)

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Andrew Feinberg

White House Correspondent

A rare super blue moon has appeared over the UK.

Stargazers were treated to a phenomenon that will only happen once this year.

A blue moon is not named after the colour and instead refers to the second full moon in one calendar month.

Most months only have one full moon, so a second is quite a rare event, occurring approximately once every two or three years.

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