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A transient lunar phenomenon (TLP) or lunar transient phenomenon (LTP) is a short-lived change in light, color or appearance on the surface of the Moon. The term was created by Patrick Moore in his co-authorship of NASA Technical Report R-277 Chronological Catalog of Reported Lunar Events, published in 1968. [1]
The changing apparent color of the Moon, filtered by Earth's atmosphere. The Moon has an exceptionally low albedo, giving it a reflectance that is slightly brighter than that of worn asphalt. Despite this, it is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
A Blue Moon is the term for the second full moon in a month. Typically full moons come once a month (every 30 or so days), but in the event of a Blue Moon, it happens twice.
Lunar corona A solar corona up Beinn Mhòr (South Uist). In meteorology, a corona (plural coronae) is an optical phenomenon produced by the diffraction of sunlight or moonlight (or, occasionally, bright starlight or planetlight) [1] by individual small water droplets and sometimes tiny ice crystals of a cloud or on a foggy glass surface.
New Moons in 2022 – Color, Extend and Change New Moon at 2° Libra – September 25 New Moon Solar Eclipse at 2° Scorpio – October 25 New Moon at 1° Sagittarius – November 23
Tuesday’s moon followed the Aug. 19 super blue moon. A blue moon does not describe the color of the moon; instead, it refers to the third full moon occurring in a season with four full moons.
The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, and crescent moon phases, before returning back to new moon. The terms old moon and new moon are not interchangeable. The "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the Sun and begins to wax ...
A blue moon is not about the color of the moon, but instead the frequency of the full moon. There are two definitions of a blue moon—the first describes when there are two full moons in a single ...