Saturday's "Black Moon"/ The special astrological phenomenon of the weekend

A new moon will occur at 2:06 a.m. Eastern Time on August 23. A new moon occurs once every 29.5 days when the moon is roughly between the Earth and the sun. It is called a seasonal 'black moon' because it is the third of four new moons in a season.

Between the June solstice and the September equinox, there are four new moons this year, something that only happens a little less than every three years.

Exactly 19 years after the new moon on August 23, 2025, there will be a new moon on August 23, 2044. On August 22/23, 2044, we will see a total solar eclipse, by definition a new moon, visible from western Greenland, Canada, and the United States (Montana and North Dakota only). It is the next total solar eclipse visible from the continental United States.

A "black moon," a rare phenomenon that occurs during the new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But don't get your hopes up, scientists say, because it will technically be invisible./CNA

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