Blue Moon on New Years Eve

Happy New Year and wonderous Blue Moon to you. I was going to start a discussion about a blue moon, too. Some people believe that when many things aline like a New Year and a blue moon, then maybe it's a sign. Of what, I do not know. I hope it means that this will be a wonderful year for all. An unusually wonderful year would be great! I think it only happens once every 3 or 4 years, something like that. I think there is a song or two with blue moon in it. Maybe I should research more about it. Take care. Will read other people's responses, bet theirs are more interesting than mine.

Hi natnickeep. I knew about blue moons but we don't hear of them often because, well, they just don't happen that often which is where the expression "Once in a blue moon" came from. I also saw that we are going to have a blue moon tomorrow night. I think it's kind of cool that it's happening on the last day of the year. We're not only getting a blue moon tomorrow but here, where I live, we're also getting MORE snow. We've already had about 4 feet of it this season. This year is certainly going out in style, huh?

Yes I have heard of this before. I think it happens a few times each year. Interesting also how December 2 was my birthday, and New Year's Eve is my favorite holiday event of the year, and we have blue moons on each day. : ) I don't hear the expression used too much anymore, to be honest. Only once in a blue moon do I hear it! Ha ... Happy new year to you, be safe and enjoy!!

Honestly, until today, I never actually knew what a blue moon was. I had always thought that it was the hue of the moon at given times throughout the year, much like a harvest moon is. So, the blue moon thing is honestly the first thing that I learned this year. I read earlier that a blue moon for the new year is something that is incredibly rare and it will not happen again for the next several years.

I knew we were due to have a second full moon this month but it's not the original blue moon that has been reported for centuries. The original term Blue Moon was when there were a series of four full moons in a season of three months, the blue moon was the third moon in that series. The term has been to denote the second moon in a month after being wrongly reported as such in a science/astronomy magazine in the late forties.