Last ‘Blue Moon’ Till 2015 Lights Up Night Sky
Last night [Aug 31] saw the second full moon of the calendar month, which is known as the ‘blue moon’. Despite its name the moon does not actually turn blue, with the term said to be used to describe rare occurrences.
The last Blue Moon was on March 2010, and the next one will be in July 2015. The photo below was taken off St David’s at 11.35pm last night.
Space.com said: “Blue moons occur because lunar months are not synched up perfectly with our calendar months. It takes the moon 29.5 days to orbit Earth, during which time we see the satellite go through all of its phases.
“But every calendar month [except February] has 30 or 31 days, so two full moons occasionally get squeezed into a single month.
“Though the phrase “once in a blue moon” suggests the phenomenon is exceedingly rare, that’s not quite the case. On average, blue moons come around once every 2.7 years.”
The Blue Moon yesterday coincided with the day the funeral service was held for Neil Armstrong – the first man to walk on the moon – in what was called a fitting tribute to the man who will forever be linked to the moon.
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This is just beautiful!