Full moon over an old turf church, Árbæjarsafn, Iceland
Blue moon on december 31st, 2009 with a partial lunar eclipse.This was the second full month in the same month and was therefor called 'blue moon'. According to other sources however it is not correct to call this phenomenon 'blue moon'.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
"A blue moon can refer to the third full moon in a season with four full moons.[1] Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly. In addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains roughly eleven days more than the lunar year of 12 lunations. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (7 times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon...............Recent popular usage mistakingly defined a blue moon as the second full moon in a calendar month, stemming from an interpretation error made in 1946 that was discovered in 1999.[1] For example, December 31, 2009 was a blue moon according to this usage."
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland.
The moon got a yellow/red glow just before it disappeared...An old turf church under the moon. The church dates originally from 1842 and was built near the farm Silfrastaðir in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. This type of churches was rather common in the countryside in the 19th century. It was rebuilt in Reykjavik in 1960-1961.
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Full moon over an old turf church, Árbæjarsafn, Iceland
Blue moon on december 31st, 2009 with a partial lunar eclipse.This was the second full month in the same month and was therefor called 'blue moon'. According to other sources however it is not correct to call this phenomenon 'blue moon'.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
"A blue moon can refer to the third full moon in a season with four full moons.[1] Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly. In addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains roughly eleven days more than the lunar year of 12 lunations. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (7 times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon...............Recent popular usage mistakingly defined a blue moon as the second full moon in a calendar month, stemming from an interpretation error made in 1946 that was discovered in 1999.[1] For example, December 31, 2009 was a blue moon according to this usage."
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland.
The moon got a yellow/red glow just before it disappeared...An old turf church under the moon. The church dates originally from 1842 and was built near the farm Silfrastaðir in Skagafjörður in northern Iceland. This type of churches was rather common in the countryside in the 19th century. It was rebuilt in Reykjavik in 1960-1961.
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