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I believe I have read of this. I feel the origonal use was based on this and had mothing to do with calender days. Also we are wasting valuble sleep time debating this. Still would like other coment if others have acully seen a blue moon. I took a excellent picture of the blue moon tonight. My grandchildren the Twins thought it was an actual blue moon, funny. Beautiful glow of brightness with the grayish crater to be seen.
Can another event be seen in August through the telescope for the grand children? The song 'Blue Moon' was written in so the 's couldn't have been the source of the terminology. I'm not sure that's what he's getting at. He's just saying that "Once in a Blue Moon" is now a common expression that means something rarely happens.
But in the world of astronomy, a "Blue Moon" the second full Moon in a month is not really a rare event. It happens every 2 to 3 years. And it's also just a normal calendar thing since a moon cycle is about a day shorter than a calendar month. I understood that the original calender was 13 months and when we went to a 12 month calender we had to have 2 moons in one month.
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I just read about the 19 year metonic moon cycle, that on July 31, there will be a blue moon, and every 19 years after that, this cycle will place a blue moon on July 31 But there was a blue moon on July 31, less than 19 years back. Was the blue moon special in some way that it was not part of this 19 year cycle?
Can you please explain this to me? Bob's column is about astronomy. That said, there is indeed an an age-old astrology belief that the Moon affects hair growth. You can find our best days to cut hair--to encourage growth or discourage growth--here on this timetable: In January of I think it was a Wednesday, maybe the 26th of January , I was living in Washington DC area at that time on the top floor of an apartment building.
I looked out my big living room window to the southwest facing night sky I saw a green light arch and hook and then it was gone. I think it was a comet.
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How can I find out more about it, or at least verify it? My daughter was born "under" the Blue Moon on July 31, Now on July 31st, exactly 11 years later, there will be another July 31st Blue Moon. Will it also be the Thunder Moon, or will it have another name? Yes, the full Moon on July 31 can be called a Thunder Moon.
The Colonial Americans also used the term Thunder Moon, as well as a few others. When two full Moons occur in one month, we list an alternate name for the second.
Learn more about full Moon names: When is the "Horns of the Moon" —which is supposed to be the best time to stop an addiction? A friend stopped a 4 pack a day smoking habit easily Several months later an astrologist told him it was because he did it on the Horns of the Moon. I have wondered about this for years. Actually, there is no true blue moon that's accepted officially by anyone. Nowadays the most widely accepted definition is the second full moon in the same calendar month.
Previously, and only in Maine, a local publication had defined it the way you just did. What is the full story on what we call a "Blue Moon"?
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Why call it "Blue"? The article mentions it came from a misunderstanding, it seems like there would be some other term applied.
Maybe "Double Moon" or "Wishing Moon" implying one could have a wish granted because of it's so-called rarity, like wishing on a falling star. I've tried to research it, but only found definitions. Everyone is free to give any name to anything, and sometimes a definition sticks, sometimes it doesn't. There's rarely any logic behind it. The older meaning defines a Blue Moon as the third full moon in a season that has four full moons.
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Called a seasonal Blue Moon , this occurs about every 2. More recently, the term Blue Moon has been applied to the second full moon within a single calendar month. There are roughly This means that February will never have a Blue Moon. Which one is correct? Well, since language and the meaning of words constantly evolve — take your pick.
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Both are commonly used today and either definition is considered valid. As Texas astronomer Donald W. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The next monthly Blue Moon a second full moon that appears in a single month will be on Oct.
There was a seasonal Blue Moon on Saturday, May 21, , and the next one will be in the spring of The third full moon of that season will be on May 18, The phrase "once in a Blue Moon" has been around for more than years, according to Philip Hiscock, a folklorist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. The meaning evolved to something akin to "never," according to Hiscock. But, never say never. It turns out that the moon can appear bluish, as it did in after the volcano Krakatoa erupted.
So, the meaning of "once in a blue moon" changed from "never" to "rarely," according to Hiscock.