Black Moon of August 2020 set to peak this week: How to observe this lunar event?

Stargazers will have an opportunity to view more of stars as 'Black Moon' of 2020 is about to grace skies this week. Black Moon takes place once every 32 months and it generally does t affect every time zone. Let’s take a look at what event means and how to spot it.

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What is Black Moon?

Black Moon or New Black Moon is an unusual celestial event that has been defined as second new moon in a month or full moons during a month.

How to see Black Moon?

watchers may feel tempted to observe New Black Moon, however, it isn’t exactly visible. This might make event t exciting for lunar fans, however, one can rar observe more of clusters, galaxies, and stars due to a lack of moonlight. Black Moon will occur during wee morning hours on August 19 and it will be third New Moon during a particular season with four new moons. Moon seasons can stretch up to three months and y generally involve only three new moons.

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And while people won’t be able to observe event, New Moon will reach its peak at around 2.41 AM UTC. However, it will serve as a wonderful opportunity for Astromy photographers who can use unusual celestial event to capture a lot of amazing shots of Milky Way with help of special equipment. Following event, satellite will slowly begin to distance from Sun and become more illuminated with every passing day.

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Why is Black Moon invisible?

It is impossible to observe Black Moon because Moon comes between Sun and Earth. Moon places itself very close to sun, and t directly in front of it. This ultimately causes direct sunrays to light up far side of Moon. However, in case Moon directly cross path with Sun, phemen leads to a solar eclipse. We will witness next total solar later this year in December.

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