Blue Moon and Mars - Look up into the night sky

Stargazers will be treated to a celestial double whammy this weekend with a Blue Moon on Saturday and Mars opposition on Sunday.

While the moon won’t actually be blue on Saturday evening, having four full moons in a season only happens every few years, and the next Blue Moon won’t happen until the winter of 2017-18, on Jan. 31, 2018, according to Accuweather. Catch it while you can!

On the heels of the Blue Moon, Mars will be making a special appearance in our sky on Sunday night as it gets closer to Earth than it’s been for over a decade, EarthSky reports.



http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2016/05/19/celestial-home-run-mars-opposition-blue-moon-happening-weekend/84581052/?hootPostID=3e8c75292a3afaeaeb8bcccd947c9bb6

And in honor of that blue moon: