NightSwimmer
Senator
August 31, 2012
[video=youtube;vJ6EGsZdxpE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6EGsZdxpE&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
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Using the 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
Note that by this definition the months of July, August, and September in 2012 contain four full moons, and August 2012 has two full moons. However, the period from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox in 2012 contains only three full moons, as the September 2012 full moon comes after the equinox. Similarly, the December full moon in 2012 comes after the solstice. Thus calendar 2012 has 13 full moons including two in August, yet it contains no blue moon.
It seems that The Farmers Almanac, even though it describes the Sky & Telescope 'invention' of the new definition, is now using the new definition of blue moon on its calendar, therefore indicating that the blue moon is August 31, 2012 instead of August 21, 2013.
[video=youtube;vJ6EGsZdxpE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ6EGsZdxpE&feature=player_detailpage[/video]
Wikilink
Excerpt:
Using the 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
Note that by this definition the months of July, August, and September in 2012 contain four full moons, and August 2012 has two full moons. However, the period from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox in 2012 contains only three full moons, as the September 2012 full moon comes after the equinox. Similarly, the December full moon in 2012 comes after the solstice. Thus calendar 2012 has 13 full moons including two in August, yet it contains no blue moon.
It seems that The Farmers Almanac, even though it describes the Sky & Telescope 'invention' of the new definition, is now using the new definition of blue moon on its calendar, therefore indicating that the blue moon is August 31, 2012 instead of August 21, 2013.
