Temple of Apollo, Corinth
Temple of Apollo, in Ancient Corinth, was built about 540 B.C. in the Doric style on the ruins of much earlier temple.
It is one of the earliest Doric temples in the Peloponnese constructed of local limestone on top of an imposing, rocky hill.
This temple was an emblem for the Greek city of Corinth, reflecting its growth and prosperity.
The Temple of Apollo was built upon a Temple Hill, which was an outcropping of natural rock, which allowed for a sturdy platform on which the temple could be built.
Corinth was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece.
Apollo is one of the essential Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and mythology.
For the Greeks, Apollo was the god of music, prophecy, healing, the sun, poetry, and more.
Super Moon
What is a supermoon?
The Moon travels around our planet in an elliptical orbit, or an elongated circle, with Earth closer to one side of the ellipse.
Each month, the Moon passes through the point closest to Earth (perigee) and the point farthest from Earth (apogee).
When the Moon is at or near its closest point to Earth at the same time as it is full, it is called a “supermoon.”
During this event, because the full moon is a little bit closer to us than usual, it appears especially large and bright in the sky.
Blue Moon
What is a blue moon?
A blue moon is the term for when we see the full moon twice in a single month.
The Moon's cycle is 29.5 days, so just a bit shorter than the average length of a calendar month.
Eventually that gap results in a full moon happening at the beginning of a month with enough days still remaining for another full cycle ― so a second full moon in the same month.
In other words, a full moon that happens on the 1st or 2nd of a month will probably be followed by a second full moon on the 30th or 31st.
This happens every two to three years.
Sometimes, smoke or dust in the air can scatter red wavelengths of light, as a result of which the moon may, in certain places, appear more blue than usual. But this has nothing to do with the name “blue” moon.
People sometimes refer to two types of blue moons: monthly and seasonal.
Seasonal blue moons occur when there are four full moons in a single season (spring, summer, fall and winter) instead of the usual three.
Super Blue Moon
Super Blue Moon
It will be both a “blue moon” and a “super moon” and therefore, a “Super Blue Moon”, a rare trifecta of astronomical events.
It recently occurred in August 2023.
The next super blue moons will occur in a pair, in January and March 2037.
Do blue moons and supermoons always occur together?
No. The term “supermoon” is used to describe a full Moon that occurs within a day or so of perigee, so they happen three to four times a year.
About 25 percent of all full moons are supermoons, but only 3 percent of full moons are blue moons.
The time between super blue moons is quite irregular ― it can be as much as 20 years ― but in general, 10 years is the average.
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