A ‘sturgeon moon’ and a ‘blue moon’ will both grace the night sky this month in a treat for moon gazers
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August is set to bring joy for moon gazers, with two supermoons in the coming weeks: one on 2 August and a second on 31 August.
The orbit of the moon around Earth is slightly elliptical, which means it is sometimes closer and sometimes further away.
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