- It's a 'Blue Moon' tonight.No, the term doesn't refer to moon's colour but to the rare occurrence of a second full moon appearing in a month.
- A full moon appears every 29.5 days. So, there are usually 12 full moons in a year. But some years have 13, with one month having 2 poornimas - The second of which is called a blue moon. July 2015 is such a month with full moons on 2nd & 31st.
- The Last blue moon was in Aug 2012 and the next will happen in Jan 2018.
- 'Blue' probably comes from the no longer understand belewe means 'To betray.
- The betray moon , in some Christian traditions, referred to a second full moon appearing during the abstinence season of lent, which prolonged the period of fasting.
source - TOI
The Moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. MUSKAN
--MJN Corp..
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