# Worldwide destruction predicted for September 30th. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154 "2016-09-28T21:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/21 "2016-09-29T10:45:28Z")
This ‘Black Moon’ thingummy … is that what we noobs call ‘an eclipse’? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/22 "2016-09-29T12:36:15Z")
Because we all know that physical events occur based on oddities of our human created calendar. And the Western calendar only. Sorry other cultures, our bad. Now that the term “black moon” has been created, we’re never going to get the misuse of “blue moon” fixed. It means the 4th moon in an ecclesiastic quarter. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/23 "2016-09-29T15:25:14Z")
The linked site made no sense. We are coming up a new moon, yes, but that means the moon is between us and the sun. When the “illuminated side of the moon is in the earth’s shadow” that is called a lunar eclipse and can happen only when the moon is full (and lying near the ecliptic). So if the site doesn’t know that what does it know? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/24 "2016-09-29T16:28:41Z")
In 2014, the year of the last Black Moon, Gov. Lepage got re-elected. Now another one happens when Trump is running for President:eek: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/25 "2016-09-29T16:30:30Z")
So I guess today we’re living on the eve of destruction? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/26 "2016-09-29T17:00:07Z")
[This](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090735/?ref_=nv_sr_2) is not instructional. Also, don’t waste your last day watching it. Stinkeroo! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/27 "2016-09-29T17:09:25Z")
So I guess I don’t have to give my husband a first anniversary/birthday present. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/28 "2016-09-29T17:11:14Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > This ‘Black Moon’ thingummy … is that what we noobs call ‘an eclipse’? No. It’s the opposite of a “blue moon”: [the second new moon in a calendar month](http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-black-moon-20160928-snap-story.html). Which happens pretty often, really. So, the world has been destroyed several times, the most recently in March 2014. Apparently, we got better. 😕 On balance, the internet is much too easily trolled. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/29 "2016-09-29T17:38:11Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’m going to just go ahead and pre-emptively declare every day The End of the World. That’s a good plan. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/30 "2016-09-30T13:10:29Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’m going to just go ahead and pre-emptively declare every day The End of the World. Somebody _please_ find the video: \*\*\*\*All: (chanting) Now is the end - perish the world! (Pause) Peter: It was GMT, wasn’t it? Jonathan: Yes. Peter: Well, it’s not quite the conflagration I had been banking on. Never mind, lads. Same time tomorrow - we must get a winner one day. Peter Cook Jonathan Miller _Beyond the Fringe_ * * * ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/31 "2016-09-30T13:37:40Z")
Thank you. I wasn’t quite sure who I should point and laugh at today. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/32 "2016-09-30T15:15:17Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > Somebody _please_ find the video: > \*\*\*\*All: (chanting) Now is the end - perish the world! > (Pause) > Peter: It was GMT, wasn’t it? > Peter: Well, it’s not quite the conflagration I had been banking on. Never mind, lads. Same time tomorrow - we must get a winner one day. > > Peter Cook > Jonathan Miller > _Beyond the Fringe_ here’s[the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hJQ18S6aag) (credits: it’s not just Beyond the Fringe.It also has Monty Python–in _The Secret Policeman’s Ball_ ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/33 "2016-09-30T16:03:00Z")
How much time left? Need answer fast. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/34 "2016-09-30T16:35:22Z")
Well, I canceled my mortgage check. Nothing to do now but wait. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/35 "2016-09-30T16:37:05Z")
If this had been August, we’d at least have another day. Oh well, better than February. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/36 "2016-09-30T16:53:44Z")
Well?! I’m waiting. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/37 "2016-09-30T17:35:38Z")
September 30 is over in Australia and it’s now October 1. Well, it would be if Australia still existed. Note that no Australians have participated in this thread for the last 3-4 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/38 "2016-09-30T18:04:45Z")
Maybe it’s actually a [spiritual apocalypse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping#2011_end_times_prediction). ---
**Author:** ![TwiSpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TwiSpark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwiSpark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/39 "2016-09-30T18:18:19Z")
… no boom? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154/40 "2016-09-30T18:30:10Z")
> [@TwiSpark](#): > > … no boom? Not even a whimper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worldwide-destruction-predicted-for-september-30th/767154.md?page=3)