Mar 10, 2010
12:50 AM
 


QUESTION OF THE DAY:

[Science]: What is a blue moon ?
ANSWER:

It has nothing to do with the 1961 song "Blue Moon" by the Miracles.

A blue moon is one that is the second full moon in the same month. This occurs if there is a full moon on the first or second day of a month, and since full moons are separated by 28 days, the second full moon (the blue moon) will occur at the end of the month.

There can be a blue moon about once every two or three years - which leads to the expression "once in a blue moon". The actual astronomical definition of Blue Moon has only been used since 1946.



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