Wednesday, August 21, 2013

What is a Blue Moon?

Did you happen to catch a peek of the huge full moon last night? If you were one of the lucky ones…you would have witnessed a blue moon. Now wait…it wasn’t blue in color! Why call it a blue moon? Well, there are a couple of explanations. The term blue moon is usually used nowadays to describe a second full moon in a single solar calendar month (this will happen every two to three years). The usage of the term "blue moon" to describe the second full moon in one calendar month results from a misinterpretation of the traditional definition of that term in the March 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope Magazine. Before then, the term was used to describe the third full moon in a season with four. Interesting! 


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