Rare ‘Blue Flower Moon’ Will Appear in Saturday Night’s Sky – IOTW Report

Rare ‘Blue Flower Moon’ Will Appear in Saturday Night’s Sky

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May’s full moon is typically known as the flower moon because of all the blooms this month. This year it coincides with a rare occurrence: a blue moon.

Of course, Saturday’s moon won’t actually be blue. And the reason for the name is a little confusing.
A blue moon is the second of two full moons in a month—but it can also be the third of four full moons during a single season. In this case, it’s the third of four full moons this spring. These don’t occur as often as two full moons in a month.

“The name ‘Blue Moon’ has nothing to do with the color of the Moon,” Gianluca Masi, astrophysicist and director of the Virtual Telescope Project in Rome, wrote in an email. “Every two to three years we have 13 full Moons within a year. This way, we can have four full Moons during a given season or two full Moons in a given month.” read more

9 Comments on Rare ‘Blue Flower Moon’ Will Appear in Saturday Night’s Sky

  1. New moon, quarter moon, full moon, waxing, waning, full moon, blue moon & Harvest moon. That’s about as fancy as I care to get.

    Stop getting all granular in your collective efforting to curate everydamnthing, y’all. See what I did there?

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