Blue Supermoon apparently generated solar energy for the Texas electric grid

People who looked up to the sky got quite the show from a rare ‘Blue Supermoon’ on Wednesday night.

A "Blue moon" is a term for the second full moon in a month and a supermoon is when there is a full moon at a time when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit around Earth.

Several FOX 4 viewers sent in their photos of the massive, bright ball in the sky.

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Blue Supermoon in Plano

The next 'Blue Supermoon' will happen in 2037.

There was one unusual side effect to Wednesday night's moon that was recorded on ERCOT's website overnight.

Source: ERCOT website

The operator of the Texas power grid showed there was one megawatt of solar power being generated at 1:39 a.m.

Usually that number is 0 overnight.

The clear skies and a big, bright supermoon directly overhead it was apparently enough to generate just a little solar power.

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