Red Moon?

Once in a blue moon?

apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to
look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know?
my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in
Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does
Regards

Simon
"A. Edwards" wrote in message
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Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like:
A. Edwards wrote:
I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine
harvesters in the fields lately?

Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car
yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!).

Best,
Stephen

Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope?

Arthur


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A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53
days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon".
Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as
it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long.
Dave.
"Simon" wrote in message
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Once in a blue moon?

apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to
look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know?
my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in
Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does
Regards

Simon
"A. Edwards" wrote in message
...
Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like:
A. Edwards wrote:
I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine
harvesters in the fields lately?

Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car
yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!).

Best,
Stephen

Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope?

Arthur


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A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53
days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon".
Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as
it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long.
Dave.
"Simon" wrote in message
...
Once in a blue moon?

apparently this phrase comes from a rare phenomina that causes the moon to
look blue is in colour, im not surewhat it is,,, any one know?
my CCD images of the moon fail to show the redish colour too well in
Cambridge, well not as good as the eye does
Regards

Simon
"A. Edwards" wrote in message
...
Err - Stephen Tonkin mumbled something like:
A. Edwards wrote:
I don't suppose anyone has noticed the prepoderence of combine
harvesters in the fields lately?

Sore point. Bloody tractor and wheat trailer backed into my car
yesterday (yes, I *was* in it at the time!).

Best,
Stephen

Nasty - everything OK (person-wise) I hope?

Arthur


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JRS: In article , seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy,
Dymchurch Dave posted at Sun, 10 Aug 2003
07:03:28 :-
A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53
days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon".
Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as
it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long.
Dave.
"Simon" wrote in message
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Once in a blue moon?


Responses should go after trimmed quotes; see newsgroup FAQ at http://www.
astunit.com/faq/uksciastrofaq.htm, A5.

That's one version (of Blue Moon); there is at least one other :- see
SkyPub at URL:http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/9905bluemoon.html
which explains that a Blue Moon is the third Full Moon in a season which
contains four (7 times in 19 years; see URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk
/heb-date.htm#Heb The Hebrew Calendar), and so on 20-23 Feb/May/Aug/Nov.


IIRC, one can have a "Dave" Blue Moon in both January and March; but check
that - I think it occurred in 1999 (for the UK).

March is probably less likely than January to have a Blue Moon, though GC
might beg to differ.

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JRS: In article , seen in news:uk.sci.astronomy,
Dymchurch Dave posted at Sun, 10 Aug 2003
07:03:28 :-
A "Blue moon" is the second full moon within the same calendar month. Being
the lunar month or synodic month (eg - new moon to new moon) is about 29.53
days that does not happen very often hence the phrase "once in a blue moon".
Just to point out the obvious you could not have a blue moon in February as
it is only 28 (or 29 in a leap year) days long.
Dave.
"Simon" wrote in message
...
Once in a blue moon?


Responses should go after trimmed quotes; see newsgroup FAQ at http://www.
astunit.com/faq/uksciastrofaq.htm, A5.

That's one version (of Blue Moon); there is at least one other :- see
SkyPub at URL:http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/9905bluemoon.html
which explains that a Blue Moon is the third Full Moon in a season which
contains four (7 times in 19 years; see URL:http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk
/heb-date.htm#Heb The Hebrew Calendar), and so on 20-23 Feb/May/Aug/Nov.


IIRC, one can have a "Dave" Blue Moon in both January and March; but check
that - I think it occurred in 1999 (for the UK).

March is probably less likely than January to have a Blue Moon, though GC
might beg to differ.

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