Friday, August 31, 2012

Once in a Blue Moon

How cool is that! (The blue moon, not his death..)
I was super excited to check out the rare "Blue Moon" tonight.  It's been in the headlines for days. The Blue Moon, in it's full glory at 9:58 p.m., will be the last one for three years. Linda said to calm down Lil' Choop, the moon won't actually look blue.  It's called a Blue Moon because two full moons won't rise in a single month again until July 2015.  According to an article Linda read, the Blue Moon is just accidental folklore anyway.  It was mistakenly named in 1946 in the pages of Sky & Telescope magazine.  (P.S.  The article was long and Linda was hungry, so she didn't finish it.) I'm sure PW will fill her in on the specifics!)