Night sky watcher Tomsajinsa sent in this photo of the blue moon taken in NYC, August 31, 2012.
August 2012 has two full moons, Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, making the second event a so-called "blue moon." See amazing views of the August 2012 moon, including different phases, here.
Night sky watcher Angela Saeki caught the blue moon from her balcony on the 34th floor in Osaka, Japan, August 30, 2012.
Thought to be called "blue" after an old english term meaning "betrayer," a Blue Moon is an extra new moon that occurs due to a quirk of the calendar.
Night sky watcher Tom Sajinsa sent in the following picture of the moon. He writes: "Setting up for the blue moon, 8/28/12 11:15 pm NYC moon."
Night sky watcher David Stockinger took this photo of the August 2012 blue moon in Minot, SD, on August 30, 2012.
Night sky watcher Tomsajinsa sent in this photo of the blue moon taken in NYC, August 31, 2012.
Night sky watcher Angela Saeki caught the blue moon from her balcony on the 34th floor in Osaka, Japan, August 30, 2012.
Night sky watcher Tomsajinsa sent in this photo of the blue moon taken in NYC, August 31, 2012.
Photographer Sid Vedula captured this amazing view of the full moon of Aug. 1, 2012, from Houston, TX, with a passing airplane in silhouette.
The Aug. 1, 2012, full moon appears squashed due to distortions by Earth's atmosphere in this photo by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Night sky watcher Alamelu Sundaramoorthy sent in this photo of the full moon taken on August 2, 2012. Sundaramoorthy is based in Portland, OR.
Night sky watcher Kalani Pokipala sent this image of the full moon from Honolulu, HI, taken August 2, 2012. Pokipala writes: "All is well and still in Hawaii. Aloha!"
The Aug. 1, 2012, full moon appears squashed due to distortions by Earth's atmosphere in this photo by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Photographer George Garcia caught this view of an airplane flying in front of the full moon on Aug. 1, 2012, from Montebello, Calif.
Night sky watcher Kalani Pokipala sent this image of the full moon from Honolulu, HI, taken August 2, 2012. Pokipala writes: "All is well and still in Hawaii. Aloha!"
The first of two full moons in August rises over Paris, France in this night sky photo. Astrophotographer VegaStar Carpentier took this photo Aug. 1, 2012 from Paris, France using a Canon EOS 1000D.
Night sky watcher Ryan Lorey sent in this photo of the full moon taken August 2, 2012, over Gloversville, NY.
Night sky watcher Bernadette Flora sent in this photo of the full moon taken on August 2, 2012, from her location in San Bernadino, CA.
Night sky watcher Ryan Lorey sent in this photo of the full moon taken August 2, 2012, over Gloversville, NY.
Night sky watcher Robb Rosenfeld took this photograph of a Perseid meteor with Venus, Jupiter, and the moon. He took the photos on August 12, 2012, in Joshua Tree National Park, located in southern California east of Los Angeles.
Night sky watcher Maxim Senin took this photo of Saturn, Mars, Spica and the moon from Signal Hill, CA, on August 20, 2012. The foreground object is an artwork that emits a cloud of steam on the hour.
Moon observer Ryan Lorey of Fulton County snapped this view of the moon on Aug. 9, 2012,from Gloversville, NY.
Night sky observer Leslie Ayres of Plainwell, Michigan, snapped this view of the moon's limb on Aug. 22, 2012.
Night sky watcher Sarah Spencer took this photo of the moon on August 20, 2012 from Vassar, MI.
Night sky observer Thomas Cooper snapped this amazing view of the moon and its craters on Aug. 27, 2012.
