August ‘Blue Moon’ brightens Las Vegas Strip

The August afloat satellite brings skywatchers a uncommon seasonal “Blue Moon.”

The afloat moon, besides known arsenic the “Sturgeon Moon,” reached its highest Sunday greeting astatine 5:02 a.m. PDT.

A Sunday nighttime astir afloat satellite (99 percent) is captured supra the High Roller reflection instrumentality connected the Las Vegas Strip.

According to space.com, afloat moons hap erstwhile the satellite is precisely connected the other broadside of the Earth from the sun. Generally, a afloat satellite occurs 12 times successful a year.