Astrological
Events
Blue Moon- July
31, 2004
Ever
heard the phrase "Once in a Blue Moon" to mean something
that rarely occurs or happens. According to science what is it?
Is a Moon
really Blue when it is called a Blue Moon? No, not at all.
On
July 31, 2004, a reare astrological phenomenon called the Blue Moon
occurs. It is nothing but a second full moon occuring in the same
calendar month. It occurs around 18:05 Greenwich Meridian Time.
Countries to the East of India cannot consider it as a Blue Moon
because for those countries August 1st would have already dawned,
and the full moon shall belong to the new month of August.
July
2004, had a full Moon on the 2nd and the other full moon called
the Blue Moon occurs on the 31st. What a rare spectacle!! A full
Moon can also be defined as the third full Moon in a season that
has four full Moons.
It
has been reported that there would be about 17 Blue Moons over the
span of the next 20 years. The last Blue Moon occurred on November
30, 2001. Blue Moons shall occur in the years 2005, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016....
Some
years shall have two Blue Moons. Such events occur once in 19 years.The
last time this was in 1999, with a Blue Moon appearing first in
January and then in the month of March. The short month of February
that comes in between these two months is the key-factor behind
this occurrence.
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