# It's a blue moon **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781 "2004-07-31T23:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/1 "2004-07-31T23:10:07Z")
[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0728\_040728\_bluemoon.html](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0728_040728_bluemoon.html) Anyone doing anything special to celebrate? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/2 "2004-07-31T23:53:25Z")
You know, sometimes I wonder… [Read This!](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_172.html). Then write a nasty letter to NGS correcting their error. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/3 "2004-08-01T00:08:20Z")
No plans yet. But the song “Blue Moon” is playing on the oldie station right now. That do-wop stuff was pretty good. Maybe it is time for a celebration. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/4 "2004-08-01T00:20:05Z")
It’s not here. Even allowing for the incorrect attribution of the phrase \*blue moon \* to the second full moon in a calendar month, the full moon occurred in Sydney early this morning (Sunday 1 August). ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/5 "2004-08-01T02:29:36Z")
More blue moon “facts”. [http://www.obliquity.com/astro/bluemoon.html](http://www.obliquity.com/astro/bluemoon.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/6 "2004-08-01T02:34:25Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0728\_040728\_bluemoon.html](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0728_040728_bluemoon.html) > > Anyone doing anything special to celebrate? Yes, but only once. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/7 "2004-08-01T05:37:14Z")
The night **Suburban Plankton** and I had our first date it was a blue moon. December 31, 1990. Wow, time flies. Every blue moon is kind of an anniversary for us. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/8 "2004-08-01T05:51:53Z")
How romantic! ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/9 "2004-08-01T06:18:35Z")
Just thought I’d add a little info. from **ccwb** ’s cite. According to **Hiscock** an authority on blue moon history and folklore… > [@](#): > > America will experience a blue moon on Saturday, July 31. People in New Zealand, Australia, and the East Asia will see the blue moon on August 30. So **Cuntater** , you’ll get mooned twice NEXT month…accdg to Hiscock. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/10 "2004-08-01T13:29:33Z")
[It’s all _Sky & Telescope’s_ fault!](http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1310_1.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/11 "2004-08-01T14:27:06Z")
> [@t-keela](#): > > So **Cuntater** … Now _there’s_ an interesting mental image. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/12 "2004-08-01T17:47:53Z")
They mentioned the blue moon on the news the other night. My wife said, “I wonder how often those happen?” I just had to bite my tongue… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/13 "2004-08-01T18:32:46Z")
I attended (my first) lesbian wedding. Two wonderful friends of mine got married, with much community support, in a small town. I asked if they deliberately chose this weekend, as it’s not only the blue moon, but it’s also pride weekend in Vancouver. (It was just a happy coincidence) ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/14 "2004-08-02T14:38:16Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Now _there’s_ an interesting mental image. Cuntater? sorry bout that **Cunctator** I can’t imagine WTF I was thinking with that slip of the tongue. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/15 "2004-08-02T18:55:55Z")
I’m going to celebrate the birth of a new Smurf! 😃 “La, la, la la la laaa, la, la la la laaaaaaa!” ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-blue-moon/257781/16 "2004-08-02T23:27:09Z")
I watched that moon come up over the announcer’s shack, and I watched it go down while putting the horses away. Yes, we roped all night - spanned two different months and a blue moon!