RE: Blue Moon

From: Hibbs, Philip <philip.hibbs_at_tnt.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:18:38 -0000

>>A Blue Moon, for those perplexed, is a second moon in a month.
>According to a recent definition spread by Trivial Pursuit.

Apparently the term 'blue moon' used to refer to a second blue moon in a month was used (maybe colloquially) as far back as 1946. There is an unconfirmed report of it being Czechoslovakian in origin.

Info source: Sky and Telescope magazine
http://www.skypub.com/sights/moonplanets/mar99bluemoon.html

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