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Move over, Superman. It's time for supermoon.
The shimmering muse of poets and artists will reach full brilliance at perigee -- or the point in the moon's orbit when it's nearest Earth -- for the first time in 18 years.
If it's not cloudy, Saturday skygazers will be able to glimpse the "supermoon." And while it might yank on some tides, the supermoon won't trigger natural disasters or werewolf uprisings.
http://usaheadline.blogspot.com/2011/03/supermoon-will-occur-saturday-night.htmlMove over, Superman. It's time for supermoon.
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Tonight’s moon is the second full moon of December; the first occurred Dec. 2.
Though the expression “once in a blue moon” is used to describe extremely rare events, blue moons aren’t all that unusual, occurring every 21/2 years or so. But a New Year’s Eve blue moon is somewhat more remarkable — we haven’t had one since 1990
for Fact and fantasy about blue Moons...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/new-years-eve-blue-moon-fact-and-fantasy-about-blue-moons/Tonight’s moon is the second full moon of December; the first occurred Dec. 2.... more
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South Bay revelers Thursday night will have a little extra special addition to their New Years Eve celebrations: a so-called blue moon.South Bay revelers Thursday night will have a little extra special addition to their... more
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_on_sc/us_sci_blue_moon
Rare New Year's Eve 'blue moon' to ring in 2010
Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't expect it to be blue — the name has nothing to do with the color of our closest celestial neighbor.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091230/ap_on_sc/us_sci_blue_moon
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All U.K. Wildcat fans have something to be proud of. Only once in a "BLUE" moon do we have an opportunity to watch a player beat a record like Travis Fords assist record so easily as John Wall did. Tonight not only was the moon amazing with the moon bow forming a circle around it on the first night of a "BLUE" moon but the CATS looked pretty amazing as well. GO CATS!!!!!!!!!!All U.K. Wildcat fans have something to be proud of. Only once in a "BLUE"... more
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THERE will be a blue moon on Thursday as New Year’s Eve revellers welcome in 2010 – the first time since 1990 that a blue moon has coincided with New Year’s Eve.A blue moon – the second full moon in a calendar month – occurs only every 2½ years on average. This month, full moons occur on December 2 and December 31.
An astronomer, David Reneke, from Australasian Science magazine, said it was rare for the event to land on New Year’s Eve, and it would not happen again until 2028.
http://electricbrave.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/new-years-eve-2010-happens-once-in-a-blue-moon/THERE will be a blue moon on Thursday as New Year’s Eve revellers welcome in... more
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A blue moon, with an eclipse, on New Years Eve. What are the odds?
Although there were 41 Blue Moons in the twentieth century, there was one of only four during an eclipse, and the only total eclipse of a Blue Moon in the twentieth century.
A Blue Moon happens every 2.7 years because of a disparity between our calendar and the lunar cycle. The lunar cycle is the time it takes for the Moon to revolve around Earth: 29 days, 12 hours, and 44 minutes.
So stay tuned. . . It’s about to happen again.
December’s Full Moon is traditionally known as the Old Moon, or the Moon after Yule. And on New Year's Eve we’re going to call it Blue. No matter what it is referred to, it is still a lovely sight to watch it rise in its grey-scale glory and glide across the luminous night sky. But for some lucky viewers in much of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia the Old Blue Moon after Yule will also partially eclipse!
Only a very small portion of the Moon's southern limb will be in the Earth's umbral shadow, but there will be a noticeable darkening visible over the Moon's face at the point of greatest eclipse. Need more? Then know this eclipse is the one of four lunar eclipses in a short-lived series. The lunar year series repeats after 12 lunations or 354 days. Afterwards it will begin shifting back about 10 days in sequential years. Because of the date change, the Earth's shadow will be about 11 degrees west in sequential events.
For the eclipse, the duration of the partial phase will last within two seconds of a hour long, while the penumbral duration from beginning to end will run about four hours and eleven minutes. Penumbral contact will begin at 17:17:08 UT and umbral contact at 18:52:43 UT. The moment of greatest depth of shadow will occur at 19:22:39 UT, 31 December 2009. It will be visible from all of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
What a wonderful way to end our year together. . .
A once in a new years eve, eclipsed, blue moon, experience. . . . .
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/22/its-a-blue-moon-new-years-eve-party/#more-48265A blue moon, with an eclipse, on New Years Eve. What are the odds?
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Lowery has won a Medal of Freedom. The good reverend has had a long and storied life, with a recent highlight being his poetic excoriation of the Bush administration as Bush sat behind him. What will the loquacious Lowery say at his Freedom Medal acceptance speech? I imagine it'll go something like this...Lowery has won a Medal of Freedom. The good reverend has had a long and storied life,... more
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