Last night we had a Blue Moon if we are following the definition of it being the second full moon in a month. There actually is a bit of controversy as to what is the definition of a Blue Moon. But, we will not have that discussion tonight 🙂

Instead, I am just going to share some Blue Moon thoughts. This picture was taken at Lachish, Israel back in 2016. This made me think of a post that I wrote back in September 2012: Once in a Blue Moon…

In the post I talked about a trip I had taken to Antarctica in March 2010 when there was a Blue Moon.

As I wrote the post in September 2012 I was just getting ready to go on my first trip to Israel. October 2012 had been a month with a Blue Moon, so the premise of the post was that once in a Blue Moon I took a big vacation.

So where was I in July 2015 the month of the next Blue Moon? I was back in Israel again on my first archeological dig at Lachish.

January and March 2018 had Blue Moons, depending on where you live. We did not technically have a Blue Moon in the US, although I did write about the January 2018 one as it was also an eclipse. The eclipse happened at about 5 in the morning on February 1st, so it was therefore not a Blue Moon 🙂

See: Wednesday Wandering IX – Blue Moon

In October of 2020 we did not have two full moons here locally but other places had Blue Moons.

In November 2020 there was Blue Moon here, but I was sheltering in place so did not take a trip.

Which brings us to this month which had a second full moon on Wednesday. Your calendar may have the full moon symbol for today, but that is because it was 1:35 in Greenwich, England when the moon became full. Did you know that the moon phases on most calendars are based on Greenwich Mean Time?

I am here at home, but am in the process of planning my first post-Covid trip.

The next Blue Moon here locally will be in January 2029, so there will be a long wait for the next one.

Hopefully I got all of this right and didn’t confuse anyone 🙂

Steven

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