The second full moon in a calendar month, or the third full moon in a season containing four.
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Celestial Equator.
The projection of the Earth's equator upon the celestial sphere.
Celestial Sphere.
By popular acclaim, the second Full Moon of a calendar month is called a Blue Moon....Communications for your Astronomy EventStar parties are a favorite event astronomy clubs organize for the enjoyment of general public. Of the many skills your...
(For the calendar months see Calendar.) In law a month may mean either a lunar month, that is, a period of twenty-eight days, or a calendar month.
-- Calendar months, the months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
By popular acclaim, the second Full Moon of a calendar month is called a Blue Moon. The first Full Moon of July comes on the 2nd and the second Full Moon falls on the 31st -- a July Blue Moon.
Blue Moon Since the time between one full moon and the next is 29-1/2 days, it is possible for a calendar month to have two full moons - one at the beginning and one at the end of the month.
It can indicate a second full moon in a given calendar month. It seems that this 'meaning' was accidentally invented by Sky and Telescope magazine in 1946, but it has passed into wide usage.
The second Full Moon that occurs during a calendar month. Since the Moon takes 29.53 days to complete a cycle of phases a Blue Moon cannot occur in February. The last Blue Moon was on 30th November 2001, there are none during 2002 and 2003.
The use of the phrase 'blue Moon' when there are two Full Moons in one calendar month appears to be spreading.
Since the calendar month is not equal to the lunar month, the full moon does not occur on the same day every month. The length of time between recurrences of the full moon on the same date is 235 lunar months, or 19 years.
the second full moon to fall within a calendar month
2. the third full moon in a season containing four bolide an exceptionally bright meteor
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The calendar month, which is a rough approximation to the synodical month. month of the phases = synodical month. moon 1. The natural satellite of the earth. 2. A natural satellite of any planet. See planet table.
 See also: Calendar, Month, Moon, Second, Cycle
  
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