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