8/31/2012

Blue Moon

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Explanation



"Full moon at Arakawa River" 荒川の月
川瀬 巴水 - Hasui Kawase (1883-1957) - 1929

blue moon - a full moon that rises twice in one month
sometimes the days of the month are less than the cycle of the moon, which is 29.5 days. This can cause the moon to rise twice in one month, near the first and the last days of the same month. It is said that blue moons happen every 33 months or about every 3 years. This relatively rare occurrence has spawned the saying "once in a blue moon".
source : www.moonconnection.com


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A blue moon is the appearance of
the third full moon in a season with four full moons
.
The term has also mistakenly been used to refer to the second full moon in a month.
Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly.

The most literal meaning of blue moon is when the moon (not necessarily a full moon) appears to a casual observer to be unusually bluish, which is a rare event.
The effect can be caused by smoke or dust particles in the atmosphere,...


Using the Maine Farmers' Almanac definition of blue moon
(meaning the third full moon in a season of four full moons), blue moons occur
November 21, 2010
August 21, 2013
May 21, 2016
May 18, 2019

Two full moons in one month:
2009: December 2, December 31 (partial lunar eclipse visible in some parts of the world), only in time zones west of UTC+05.
2010: January 1 (partial lunar eclipse), January 30, only in time zones east of UTC+04:30.
2010: March 1, March 30, only in time zones east of UTC+07.
2012: August 2, August 31, only in time zones west of UTC+10.
2012: September 1, September 30, only in time zones east of UTC+10:30.
2015: July 2, July 31
2018: January 2, January 31
2018: March 2, March 31
2020: October 1, October 31
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Things found on the way


Moon Viewing
Seattle Japanese Garden




source : www.seattlejapanesegarden.org


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Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Moon

source : www.youtube.com


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HAIKU


a blue moon
on New Year's Eve --
I'll make a resolution


JT
January 2010


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- - - - - August 31, September 01 2012

Blue Moon Party



Blue Moon Party -
even our cocktail
fits the situation





Blue moon cocktails
are a fun, frozen martini featuring blue curaçao, vanilla syrup ,
and fresh orange juice. . .
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moon of autumn -
radiating blue
your eyes


Alex Serban, Romania





blue moon
I hatch a dimple
on her left chin


Dr. Kumarendra Mallick, India






Blue Moon last night -- the view from our lawn.

Origa Origa Kankodori Press, FB



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- Shared by Joys of Japan, August 2012 -




you always remember
your first love
Blue Moon


Ed Bremson, USA

RIP Neil Armstrong
photo by Veronika Zora Novak








Rosie Mann, India

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blue moon
above the edge of
a black forest


blue moon –
the crickets sing
just as yesterday


Tomislav Maretic, Croatia



blue moon...
floating in the river,
just near the bank

breaking
the clamor of our gang –
hello to Blue Moon!


Emil Bobinac, Croatia





Almost autumn
My heart is pounding wild
Looking at the Blue Moon


Kristjaan Panneman, Holland



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Kayo Mizutani, Japan



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blue moon...
passing time on a
summer stem


Louis Osofsky, USA








Blue Moon
Cool breeze returns to the woods
The Bamboo shivers


Res John Burman, USA


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blue moon --
in my sleep once more
the lost dream

blue moon--
I saw you last night
floating in her eyes


Arvinder Kaur, India





blue moon night –
in yellow moonlight the cricket
sings its usual song


Johannes Manjrekar, India




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blue moon
somewhere a turtle
will lay her eggs


This is the blue moon of 2012
as it appeared above our street last night! :)

Ella Wagemakers, Holland





all the males
doing the laundry ---
blue moon


Bee Jay, Australia


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Shared by Zaya Nergui, Mongolia



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summer's end ~
cloud-wisps veil its face
this blue moon


Elaine Andre, USA



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blue moon
I lost you once again
in my dreams


Christine L. Villa, USA



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blue moon
merging into a puddle
tadpole's tail


Kathy Uyen Nguyen, USA



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Gillena Cox, Trinidad and Tobago



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blue moon
beckoning warm winds
to linger


Angelo B. Ancheta, Philippines



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blue moon night -
there must be something
behind these rainclouds


Gabi Greve
August 2012, Japan





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Related words


***** . The Moon, O-Tsukisama .
kigo for all seasons



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