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  • 2 full moons to shine in October, including rare blue moon on Halloween

    10/01/2020 9:45:47 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 15 replies
    ktla ^ | 10/01/2020
    A blue moon, which will occur Oct. 31, will be the second full moon in the same calendar month — which is the reason behind its name. “Is it going to be a blue moon up in the sky? Sorry, everybody, no,” Gonyea said. According to Gonya, there is a seasonal blue moon and there is a monthly blue moon. “In olden times, they referred to the blue moon as the third full moon out of four in a season, so this autumn, September, October, and November is the autumn season,” he said. “September, we had a full moon. October,...
  • February Full Moon 2019: The 'Super Snow Moon' Brings Planetary Conjunctions and (trunc)

    02/13/2019 9:25:56 PM PST · by blueplum · 10 replies
    Space.com ^ | 07 Feb 2019 | Jesse Emspak
    Full Title: February Full Moon 2019: The 'Super Snow Moon' Brings Planetary Conjunctions and Other Celestial Treats The full moon of February, called the Snow Moon, will occur in the U.S. during the morning of Feb. 19. It will be at its fullest about 6 hours after reaching perigee, the nearest point from Earth in its orbit — creating a "supermoon," a full moon that is slightly larger than average.