January 2007 has two Full Moons!

[flying red fox]

I found this and realised that June next year has TWO full Moons.

Full Moon dates 2007

Year Month Day Time Day of week
2007 Jan 3 13:59 Wed
2007 Feb 2 05:47 Fri
2007 Mar 3 23:18 Sat
2007 Apr 2 17:16 Mon
2007 May 2 10:11 Wed
2007 Jun 1 01:05 Fri
2007 Jun 30 13:50 Sat
2007 Jul 30 00:48 Mon
2007 Aug 28 10:35 Tue
2007 Sep 26 19:46 Wed
2007 Oct 26 04:53 Fri
2007 Nov 24 14:31 Sat
2007 Dec 24 01:17 Mon


Does that mean the second full Moon in June 2007 is called a Blue Moon

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by flying red fox

I found this and realised that June next year has TWO full Moons.

Full Moon dates 2007

Year Month Day Time Day of week
2007 Jan 3 13:59 Wed
2007 Feb 2 05:47 Fri
2007 Mar 3 23:18 Sat
2007 Apr 2 17:16 Mon
2007 May 2 10:11 Wed
2007 Jun 1 01:05 Fri
2007 Jun 30 13:50 Sat
2007 Jul 30 00:48 Mon
2007 Aug 28 10:35 Tue
2007 Sep 26 19:46 Wed
2007 Oct 26 04:53 Fri
2007 Nov 24 14:31 Sat
2007 Dec 24 01:17 Mon


Does that mean the second full Moon in June 2007 is called a Blue Moon

Very good

[Owl-Light]

A calendar blue moon yes

The moon has some wonderful Medieval names, as it occurs each month:

January: The Wolf Moon
February: The Storm Moon
March: The Chaste Moon
April: The Seed Moon
May: The Hare Moon
June: The Dyan Moon
July: The Mead Moon - Earth hart would like that one
August: The Corn Moon
September: The Barley Moon
October: The Blood Moon
November: The Snow Moon
December: The Oak Moon

The Moon Names site has others from around the world. Very beautiful names they are too.

Forgive me, I digress... back to the Blue Moon

Blue Moon Facts - On Average:

* Blue Moons occur once every 2.7 years.
* 7 times every 19 years.
* Once every 33 months.
* 37 times every century.
* Once every 33 full moons.

(info from the site above)

[Owl-Light]

A little more moon info. This is the size of the moon in comparrison to Western Europs. Cool huh?

Credit: Keith's Moon Page Loads of interesting moon stuff on there.

[lewisa]

Originally Posted by Owl-Light

November: The Snow Moon

How about that, it used to snow in November

I wonder what the medievals would think of the average temp in October 2006

[Owl-Light]

Originally Posted by lewisa

How about that, it used to snow in November

I wonder what the medievals would think of the average temp in October 2006

I think they'd be more than a little confused

Yeah snow in November. Can't imagine that happening this year but ya never know

[lewisa]

Originally Posted by Owl-Light

I think they'd be more than a little confused

They could be overjoyed at being able to have more than one harvest, therefore reducing the dependency on dried fish and winter cabbage. mmmm.

[nightshade]

I did not realise they had such romantic names for the full moon,
Drat cannot get that silly jaffa-cake ad out of my mind

[Owl-Light]

It was probably a very practical thing in those days, a way to determine where you were in the year but to us yeah, its wonderfully poetic isn't it?

[carlos_dfc]

Originally Posted by lewisa

How about that, it used to snow in November

And not that long ago either - I was at Hamsterly Forest in the late 80s, watching the RAC rally, when there was 8-10 inches of snow on the ground

[WildGarlic]

I remember snow in November... and even October... and it wasn't that long ago either.

I got all exited to read that January has two full moons... especially having been outside to look at the beautiful wolf moon tonight... but will have to wait until June for the blue moon... maybe my daughter will come to visit me then

[Adey]

Seems I was born under a storm

Harvest Moon by Neil Young just happens to be one of my fav songs.

[WildGarlic]

Originally Posted by Adey

Seems I was born under a storm

Harvest Moon by Neil Young just happens to be one of my fav songs.

It's a good song... I was born in September so the Barley Moon is mine... well I like barley wine

[badgerwatcher]

What a fascinating thread, Flying Red Fox.
And many thanks for the moon site, Owl Light! Hugely helpful with some research I'm doing for a children's book!

[smartie]

Originally Posted by lewisa

How about that, it used to snow in November

It still does sometimes, even in the south. In fact I would say it is more common here now than it was in the 1990s. My birthday is in November so I tend to notice. Both 2003 and 2004 my diary reported snow on my birthday. Only a flurry in 2004, but there was quite a bit in 2003.