Two Consecutive Blue Moons

A 99.7% Illuminated Blue Micromoon in Scorpius and

a 99.8% Illuminated Blue Supermoon in Capricorn.

Luna is a 14.4 day old full blue micromoon, the second in May, 2026 and

a 14.8 day old full blue supermoon, the second in August, 2023.

These are consecutive blue moons pictured with North up.

Date:  30 May 2026 and 31 August 2023

FOV:  75' × 50'; the angular size of the microoon is 29.6'

Rotation:  0.020°

Telescopes:  Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD (1632mm, f/7, 0.7× reducer) 30 May 2026

Askar FRA300 pro (300mm f/5 Petzval) 31 Aug 2023

Guiding:  tracking only

Computer:  ASIair plus 256G

Mount:  ZWO AM7 (2026) ZWO AM5 (2023)

Camera:  ASI6200MC Pro at -10°C

Pixel size:  3.76 μm

Resolution:  2.596 arcsec/pixel (2026)

Filter:  Optolong UV/IR cut

Stacking:  five 100 microseconds frames using PixInsight

Calibration frames:  none

Total Time:  500 microseconds

Processing:  Pixinsight – FFTRegistration, ColorCalibration, GHS,

MultiLinearTransform, CurvesTransformation, DynCrop/Scale

Location:  My driveway in DeWitt, NY (2023)

Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY (2026)