Whats the name of this moon,Steve On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 8:14 AM, Gill Edigar <gi...@att.net> wrote: > There seems to be a bit of contention about exactly what a Blue Moon > is. Some say it's 2 full moons in a month--there have been several of > them in the past few years. Others say that historically it is the 3rd > full moon in a 3 month quarter that has 4 full moons. At any rate, > there are almost exactly 13 full moons in any 365-day cycle that > starts with a full moon--which happens every 28 days. So, every > calendar year doesn't necessarily have 13 of um. To complicate that, > the months have to line up with the moon, as well. If the cycles are > close enough we could have 2 blue moons in a 12-month period, I think. > Didn't we have a February Blue Moon just last year? > --Ediger > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Mixon Bill <bmixon...@austin.rr.com> wrote: >> Tomorrow (Friday) night is a blue moon, the second full moon in a calendar >> month. Sounds like an excuse for a "once in a blue moon" party. Anybody >> having one? >> >> The next blue moon will be in July 2015. -- Mixon >> ---------------------------------------- >> Forgive your enemies . . . after they are hanged. >> ---------------------------------------- >> You may "reply" to the address this message >> came from, but for long-term use, save: >> Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu >> AMCS: edi...@amcs-pubs.org or sa...@amcs-pubs.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Visit our website: http://texascavers.com >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com >> For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com >
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