中文翻譯:
今晚的藍色微月，會在日落不久後出現！這顆圓圓的月亮看起來會比平常小且稍微暗淡，因為它在距離地球最遠的時候達到了完美的圓形。這意味著今晚的微月是今年最遠、最小和最暗的月亮！而且今晚的特別之處在於，這也是「藍月」，也就是同一個月裡出現的第二次滿月。你知道嗎？下一次的微月會在下個月出現，而下一次的藍月則要到2028年才會來臨，但要等到2053年，才能再次見到藍色微月哦！
原文:
What is so micro about tonight’s blue micromoon? Just after sunset, a full moon will appear slightly smaller and dimmer than usual. The reason is that the Moon’s fully illuminated phase occurs within a short time of apogee – when the Moon is farthest from the Earth in its elliptical orbit. In fact, tonight’s micromoon will be the farthest, smallest, and dimmest Moon this year. But tonight’s micromoon is notable for yet another reason: it is also a blue moon, meaning that it is the second full moon in the same month (moon-th). Pictured here, a supermoon — when the full moon appears near its largest — is compared to a micromoon as photographed from Kolkata, India in May and December of 2021. Although the next micromoon occurs next month, and the next blue moon at the end of 2028, the next blue micromoon will not occur until 2053.
來源:NASA每日圖片
