Typically, there are 12 full moons in a year since one happens every month. Be that as it may, in 2020, October will have two full moons — one on Thursday, October 1 and afterward again on Friday, October 31, otherwise called Halloween.
As per NASA, the rare phenomenon is known as a blue moon.
Regardless of the name, the blue moon won’t really seem blue in shading. Actually, a blue moon doesn’t appear to be any unique than a customary, month to month full moon.
NASA says a blue moon typically just happens each over two years. The keep going blue moon showed up on March 31, 2018.
The term blue moon has been utilized to portray the subsequent full moon in a schedule month since the 1940s. It motivated the expression “once in a blue moon…”
In recent years individuals have been utilizing the expression “blue moon” to refer to another kind of moon, EarthSky reports.
The term can likewise describe the third of four full moons in a single season — between a solstice and equinox. This is known as an seasonal blue moon.
The next seasonal blue moon will happen on August 22, 2021.
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