A rare seasonal "Blue Moon" wowed skywatchers Sunday (Aug. 22), marking the last time this type of moon will grace the sky until 2023.
The full moon, also known as the "Sturgeon Moon," was not called blue for its color. Rather, it has to do with a scheduling rule that happens during a calendar year with 13 full moons, instead of the usual 12.
If four full moons fall during one season, that's called a Blue Moon. A newer definition also defines a Blue Moon as the second full moon in a month, but that definition did not apply to Sunday's sky show.
Regardless of its name, the moon wowed skywatchers on multiple continents, as an informal survey of Twitter shows below.
July 2021
There are no new cases in our area of Saskatchewan but it looks like they still have new cases around the province. I hear that the Delta Variant is spreading and there are several cases in the North of Saskatchewan. However, no one seems to be talking about it. It is like the news doesn't want to share stories about Covid any more because everyone is sick and tired of it.
I found this newspaper article that says Delta variant cases have doubled this week:
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-s-delta-variant-cases-double-in-past-week-1.5482847
"Saskatchewan is beginning to come out the other side of its third wave, which was largely fuelled by the alpha variant.
The province’s seven-day case average is at its lowest point since Oct. 31 of last year with five new cases per 100,000 people.
The provincial test positivity rate also dropped below two per cent at 1.77 for the first time this year."
