{"id":4016,"date":"2025-08-20T17:34:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:34:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:34:59","slug":"stunning-black-moon-event-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4016","title":{"rendered":"Stunning Black Moon Event Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>What Is a Black Moon?<\/strong><br>A Black Moon is either the second new moon in a month or the third in a season with four. It\u2019s not a scientific term, but part of folklore. As one source notes, \u201cIt\u2019s not official astronomy; it\u2019s folklore. It implies that we, the people, make the decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When Is the Next One?<\/strong><br>The next Black Moon happens on August 22\u201323, 2025, depending on your location. The new moon peaks on August 23 at 6:06 UTC. Like all new moons, it won\u2019t be visible, making skies darker and ideal for stargazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Origin of the Term<\/strong><br>The term is newer and less defined than \u201cBlue Moon.\u201d One reader recalls, \u201cI remember reading about Black Moons a few decades back in Sten Odenwald\u2019s excellent site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>monthly Black Moon<\/strong>\u00a0(second new moon in a month) happens every\u00a0<strong>29 months<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>seasonal Black Moon<\/strong>\u00a0(third new moon in a four-new-moon season) occurs every\u00a0<strong>33 months<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The last seasonal Black Moon was in\u00a0<strong>May 2023<\/strong>; the next one will be in\u00a0<strong>August 2028<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cBlue Moon is a misleading name\u2026 the moniker Black Moon is a little more true for the night sky.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Black Moon Is Coming \u2014 See Why It\u2019s So Rare!\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gt9P_Yu5lhw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is a Black Moon?A Black Moon is either the second new moon in a month or the third in a season with four. It\u2019s not a scientific term, but part of folklore. As one source notes, \u201cIt\u2019s not official astronomy; it\u2019s folklore. It implies that we, the people, make the decisions.\u201d When Is the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4018,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4016\/revisions\/4018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}