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noun
- 1. a phenomenon whereby the moon appears bluish owing to smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere: "people saw blue moons for years after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa"
- 2. a second full moon in a calendar month: "tomorrow's full moon is a blue moon"
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Normally blue moons occur about every two or three years. In 2018, unusually, we had two blue moons in one year and only two months apart – and one was a lunar eclipse! The next time we will get two blue moons in a year will be 2037. See images of the Moon at the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition.
These are the banana-shaped crescent Moon, the D-shaped quarter Moon and the almost complete gibbous Moon. Finally, each phase is also named after its position in the full 29.5 day cycle based on whether it is growing (waxing) or shrinking (waning). The eight phases of the Moon in order are: new Moon. waxing crescent Moon.
A blue moon, by folklore definition, is said to be the second full Moon of the month. However, researchers at Southwest Texas State University have been using historical documents to prove that a blue moon was really a term used by the Maine Farmers’ Almanac to indicate the presence of a 13th full Moon in a tropical year which usually had 12.
15 November (9.28pm) Beaver Moon. 15 December (9.02am) Cold Moon. All times show the time of the full Moon at the Royal Observatory's home in London, either in GMT or BST depending on the time of year. For full details see the 2024 Guide to the Night Sky.
The moment when the Moon is closest to the Earth is called a lunar perigee. When the Moon is furthest away it is known as a lunar apogee. If the lunar perigee occurs very close to a full Moon, then we see a supermoon. If a lunar apogee occurs very close to a full moon then we see a micromoon. The term 'supermoon' originates from a concept in ...
Violet and blue light have the shortest wavelengths and red light has the longest. Therefore, blue light is scattered more than red light and the sky appears blue during the day. When the Sun is low in the sky during sunrise and sunset, the light has to travel further through the Earth’s atmosphere.
Belief in the Moon’s influence on human sickness and health is ancient and widespread, from early folklore and medicine through to contemporary accounts of full moons and a rise in violent crime. One of the oldest objects in the 2019 The Moon exhibition at the National Maritime Museum was a Mesopotamian tablet from 172 BCE.
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A missing Moon could cause a lot of confusion for animals all over the world. Predators rely on both the darkness of night and a small amount of moonlight to effectively hunt. Without any light at night, prey would likely thrive because predators would have a harder time spotting them. Just like the tides, this could cause a drastic change in ...
7 September 2025. Total lunar eclipse. The Moon will rise above the horizon just in time for us to see this total lunar eclipse from the UK. The maximum will occur at 7.33pm BST from the UK, with the eclipse's actual maximum at 7.11pm when the Moon is below the horizon. The Moon will then gradually move out of Earth's umbra and penumbra until 9 ...
