Night Sky

It’s dark out! So I gave my iPhone a try at constellation photography. Not outrageous, but still satisfactory.

According to NPR, here’s the reason for the bright lights.

There are “blood,” “super” and “blue” moons, and then there’s the “black” moon.

The “black moon,” a rare phenomenon that occurs during a new moon phase of the lunar cycle, will occur this weekend. But don’t get your hopes up too much, scientists say, because it will be technically invisible.

It’s unclear when it was coined, but “black moon” is an unofficial astronomical term. A new moon is considered by some to be a black moon one of two ways. It can happen when a new moon appears twice in one month (new moons usually happen once per month) or when there are four new moons in one season. When there are four new moons in one season, the third new moon is called a “black moon.”