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The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday’s Blue Moon
Joe Rao
SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
space.com – Fri Nov 19, 4:15 pm ET
The full moon of November arrives on Sunday and will bring with it a cosmic addition: It will also be a so-called “blue moon.”
“Seven times in 19 years there were – and still are – 13 full moons in a year. This gives 11 months with one full moon each and one with two. This second in a month, so I interpret it, was called Blue Moon.”
[…] under the original Maine Almanac rule – the one promoted by Lafleur and later misinterpreted by Pruett – the third full moon of the 2010 fall season on Nov. 21 would be a blue moon.
So what Blue Moon definition tickles your fancy? Is it the second full moon in a calendar month, or (as is the case on Sunday) the third full moon in a season with four?
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Gee! No wonder there will be a dedication ceremony for a newly renovated temple! It’s viral superstition!
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