Re: Blue moon ride!

["Susan Swope" <nagzarus@prodigy.net>]

Wow, Trish!  Now THAT'S a science lesson!  Don't feel bad, Maggie.  I
thought it was a blue moon too.  At least, that's what a local meteorologist
was reporting.  He-he... show's what he knows.

Susan Swope-Attardi
AERC Southeast Region
Kentucky
-----Original Message-----
From: Trishmare@aol.com <Trishmare@aol.com>
To: mmieske@netonecom.net <mmieske@netonecom.net>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 7:20 AM
Subject: RC: Blue moon ride!


>Hi Maggie,
>
><< Hi Ridecampers,
> Anybody else out there take advantage of the "once in a blue moon"
> opportunity to ride last night?  We did and it was a marvel!  The horses
> absolutely loved it, too and I figure it's good training for the faraway
> day when we try a 100!!  :)
> Maggie
> Michigan >>
>
>      Your ride sounds like it was wonderful, but what it wasn't was a
"Blue
>Moon" ride.  It is a common misconception that the second full moon in a
>month is a "Blue" moon, but this is incorrect.  Two full moons in one month
>is actually not that rare of an occurence.  A true "blue moon" occurs when
>there is a fourth full moon in a season, with "season" defines as the
period
>between solstice and equinox.  Every year has two equinoxes and two
>solstices; Spring equinox (March 21), Summer solstice (June 21), Fall
equinox
>(September 23), and Winter solstice (December 22).  Between these periods
>there is normally three full moons.  In a typical tropical year, there are
12
>full moons.  But every once in a while there will be thirteen full moons in
a
>tropical year.  In those years, that thirteenth full moon throws the three
>moon per season equation out of sync.  Thus, one of the seasons must have a
>fourth full moon.  This occurrence is very rare, much rarer than two full
>moons in a month, and better explains the proverb "once in a blue moon"
which
>means a very, very rare occurrence.
>    BTW, that fourth full moon in a season is (surprisingly) NOT the one
>called the "Blue moon."  A Blue moon is the THIRD full moon in a four moon
>season, and always occurs within a day or two of the 21st day of the month
>BEFORE the equinox or solstice months, that is, February, May, August, or
>November.  A Blue moon can only occur in those four months.   1999 has NO
>blue moons (contrary to what most popular printed calanders say).  The next
>true, Blue moon occurs in February of the year 2000.
>
>Trish & pretty David,
>Grand Blanc, Michigan
>
>
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