1 It can cause severe brain damage to a baby during birth. 2  Early detachment of the placenta, a ruptured uterus during birth or the umbilical cord getting pinched in a way that restricts blood flow can cause oxygen deprivation.
Because the time between two full Moons doesn't quite equal a whole month, approximately every three years there are two full Moons in one calendar month. The next time two full Moons occur in the same month (as seen from the United States) will be July 2015. The most recent blue Moon occurred in August 2012.
Earthlings are about to be treated the biggest and brightest full moon of the year â and this so-called supermoon will be extra special. It will be the closest the moon has come to us in almost 69 years. And the full moon wonât come this close again until 2034. âSupermoonâ is the popular term for when a full moon coincides with what scientists call the moonâs perigee â the point in its orbit when the moon makes its closest approach to Earth. This time around, NASA says closest approach will occur at 6:21 a.m. EST Monday, when the moon comes within 221,523 miles (356,508 kilometers), as measured from the center of the Earth to the center of the moon.