The hours of 2009 are ticking away. What else can happen before we usher in 2010?
There is going to be a full moon on New Year's Eve. Here is what it looks like tonight.
This full moon is not just any old full moon, this full moon is a Blue Moon. What is a blue moon, is it really blue?
If you were to check "Wikipedia" it would tell you this:
"A blue moon is a full moon that is not timed to the regular monthly pattern. Most years have twelve full moons which occur approximately monthly, but in addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days compared to the lunar year. The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years[1]), there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a "blue moon." Different definitions place the "extra" moon at different times."
Look up and check out that blue moon on your way to your New Year's celebrations. Have fun, drive safe and best of all have a great 2010.
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