Blue Moon?

United States
May 30, 2007 12:54pm CST
Tomorrow night we're supposed to have a "blue moon". I've been trying to research, and it appears there are different meanings. The most likely is the second full moon within a single month. I think it would be fun to see a moon that looks blue. What do you think a blue moon is?
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@Lifez2short (4962)
• United States
30 May 07
I personally have never heard of a blue moon. But I think it would defiantly be something cool t see. I will now go research it myself u have me intrigued.
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• United States
30 May 07
Well, let me know if you find out anything different!
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@dcroome2005 (1210)
• United States
30 May 07
Once in a blue moon. LOL YEAAHHH I will finally get to see a blue moon. Is it really blue? I haven't done any research on this but I think it will be cool to see. Thanks for sharing Accents!
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• United States
30 May 07
It's probably not really blue, as Drakan said. :( But in my little research, sometimes the moon does appear blue in certain conditions. Guess we'll have to keep our eyes open tomorrow night!
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@jeanena (2198)
• Bucklin, Kansas
1 Jun 07
I hope when it happens tonight I will be able to see it. We are supposed to be having more nasty thunderstorms and tornados here in kansas . YUCK
@drakan291 (817)
• Ireland
30 May 07
Cool, thanks for telling us about this. I think it isn't that the moon will really be blue. I think it is the other thng, it is the second full moon within a single month. At http://www.obliquity.com/astro/bluemoon.html they say: The average interval between Full Moons is about 29.5 days, whilst the length of an average month is roughly 30.5 days. This makes it very unlikely that any given month will contain two Full Moons, though it does sometimes happen. On average, there will be 41 months that have two Full Moons in every century, so you could say that once in a Blue Moon actually means once every two-and-a-half years. So I don't think the moon is really going to be blue tomorrow.
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• United States
30 May 07
Thanks for the link and info! I did most of my reading about it on wikipedia. Of course, you just dashed all my hopes for actually seeing a BLUE moon! LOL
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@jolenegreen (1209)
• United States
30 May 07
I probaly wont get to see it. I will be working. Too bad.