31 Aug 2023

Very rare blue-super-moon lights up NZ skies

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 31 August 2023

The skies above New Zealand will be lit up by a very rare blue moon tonight, the likes of which you won't see again for a long time.

While blue moons are actually fairly common, for one to coincide with a super moon, as is set to happen tonight, is something that really does only happen once in a blue moon.

Otago Museum director and astronomer Dr Ian Griffin is here to tell us more.