Photo opportunity once in a blue moon

Niagara-on-the-Lake photographer David Gilchrist says when he went out Tuesday evening to get a photo of the super blue moon, it was too cloudy to see it.

However, by 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, it visibly, large and full, but obviously not blue. It is the second full moon in August, and also the closest full moon of the year — just 357,344 kilometres away from the Earth.

That makes it bigger and brighter, and a super moon.

Blue moons, which are two moons in one month, are themselves not that unusual, say several sources, including NASA’s website — there will be another one Aug. 19 to 20, 2024.

However a super blue moon apparently only come around once every 10 to 20 years — the next one appearing  2037.