On Friday, Aug. 31, skywatchers will be treated to a Blue Moon. Does this mean the Moon will actually look blue? Unfortunately, no. To understand the celestial event — and the story behind the name — we've prepared a briefThis is allegedly the first known utterance of the "blue moon" in a 1528 poem "Rede Me and Be Not Wroth" according to various sources on the interweb. Most people know the phrase blue moon from the various covers of the Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers andThis is allegedly the first known utterance of the "blue moon" in a 1528 poem "Rede Me and Be Not Wroth" according to various sources on the interweb. Most people know the phrase blue moon from the various covers of the Richard Rodgers (of Rodgers andA blue moon it isn't really blue but is the color of any other moon. It is a rare occurrence; the fact that it is a full moon that appears for the second time in a single month is what makes it so unusual. The phenomenon has given rise to many popularCertain astronomical events happen just once in a blue moon. We had a couple of those events earlier this year — an annular solar eclipse in May, and a transit of the planet Venus across the face of the Sun in early June.
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