Karachi: The spectacular sight of the Super Blue Moon was seen across the world, including Pakistan, in which the moon not only came to its closest point to Earth, but was also at its fullest.

This is an important sight that will be seen again only now in 2037. It should be noted that we have seen two full moons in the month of August, but on the intervening night of August 30 and 31, the Super Blue Moon was prominent, which was also a spectacular sight.

It should be noted that the blue moon has nothing to do with the color blue, but it is used as an idiom, however, it is certain that the moon was closest to the earth and was also full, which is why the moon would appear larger in this situation. Is.

It was seen around the world including Pakistan till dawn. At such times the Moon is directly opposite the Sun and appears fully illuminated, secondly it is also closest.

From then on the moon began to wane daily and gradually become thinner, eventually disappearing and then the new moon of the new month.

We know that the moon does not go around the earth in a perfect circle, but rather it orbits in an oval like an egg. In this way, while revolving around the earth, sometimes the moon moves far away and sometimes it becomes closest. It is at a distance of 408,000 km at its furthest point and 350,000 km at its closest.

Now in this situation if the moon is full, it appears to us 14% larger than the usual fourteenth moon. Accordingly, it is called the Superblue Moon.