{"id":368726,"date":"2025-08-24T02:44:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368726\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T02:44:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:44:24","slug":"rare-black-moon-event-in-uk-what-is-it-and-when-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368726\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare black moon event in UK: What is it and when to see it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The lunar event is expected to take place in the early hours of Saturday, August 23, at around 6.06am GMT.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  According to the U.S. Naval Observatory, the black moon, which was given its name recently, is much different from other moons like the pink, harvest and blood moons.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unlike other lunar events, you won&#8217;t be able to see the black moon.\n<\/p>\n<p>  What is the black moon?<\/p>\n<p>\n  The black moon is a new kind of moon which takes place in one of the moon&#8217;s eight phases.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The new moon occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, meaning it is invisible from Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unlike normal moons, the black moons&#8217; illuminated side will face the sun, with the dark side facing Earth.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  U.S. Naval Observatory shares that there are two types of black moons: the seasonal and monthly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The seasonal black moon takes place once every 33 months, while the monthly black moon is when two new moons rise during one month.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The next seasonal black moon is set to take place on August 20, 2028, while the next monthly black moon will be on August 31, 2027.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Although you won&#8217;t be able to see the black moon, it does offer one big perk: better stargazing conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  As there will be no moonlight during the lunar event, it will mean that all light from the moon that typically blocks views of stars will not be there.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended Reading:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>  Tips for stargazing<\/p>\n<p>\n  Here are some stargazing tips to help you make the most out of the black moon event:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make\u00a0sure that you are in a dark sky area and have an unobstructed view towards the south\n  <\/li>\n<li>Lie down on a blanket or sit in a lawn chair to ensure that you have a wide view of the sky\n  <\/li>\n<li>Your naked eye is the best instrument to use to see meteors \u2013 don\u2019t use binoculars or a telescope as these have narrow fields of view\n  <\/li>\n<li>Allow your eyes to adapt to the dark and don\u2019t look at any lights, or at your phone, to maintain your dark adaptation\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0event is expected to take place in the early hours of Saturday, August 23, at around 6.06am GMT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The lunar event is expected to take place in the early hours of Saturday, August 23, at around&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-368726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115081449540376658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}