Hello all:
Will two full moons always occur in a March that follows a Febuary with no
full moon?
John Carmichael
Tucson
The second March full moon this year occurs at 22:49 UT. Therefore,
if one moves east from London by a couple of time zones March has but
a single full moon this
This reasoning relies on the mean length of a lunation. But the
actual case is more complicated. See my reply to John on this same
subject.
Jim
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Hello all:
Will two full moons always occur in a March that follows a Febuary with no
full moon?
John Carmichael
Tucson
There was more about the blue moon as two full moons in the same
month (incidentally it happens again this month). It was suggested that it
was a reference to the practice of printers of diaries who thought it
necessary to distinguish between the two full moons in the month by
printing
Richard,
There was more about the blue moon as two full moons in the same
month (incidentally it happens again this month). It was suggested that it
was a reference to the practice of printers of diaries who thought it
necessary to distinguish between the two full moons in the month
on the radio the following day much to my parents' surprise. Ever since
then I've assumed that this was the origin of the saying 'once in a blue
moon'.
On TV yesterday I heard that we are about to witness a 'blue moon',
explained as the rare occurrence of two full moons within one calendar
month
Sawyer Hogg
(a famous and much-loved Canadian astronomer (she passed away in 1993 at age
87).
I was 12 years old in 1950 and consequently this rings a very loud bell.
Without a doubt this was the blue moon I saw. - an explanation! - after
all these years!
Sincere thanks to you and the memory
