From Neil deGrasse Tyson (via his facebook feed):
The average time the Moon takes to complete a cycle of phases is 29.5 days. So all months but February can host a second full Moon, if the timing is right. We call these "Blue Moons" and we get one on Friday, August 31. Chances of a full Moon on the first of a month is about 1 in 30, so you'd expect a Blue Moon every 30 months or so -- about once every 2.5 years. Not rare. So when the cosmically literate want to reference something that's uncommon, they **never** say "Once in a Blue Moon". -NDTyson
From fullmoon.info:
Dear full moon friends,
The full moon will be on Friday and will be quite special this time, because it is the second within the calendar month. This full moon is called »blue moon« (find more info below).
Who does not know the situation having difficulties to make a decision? Admittedly, neuro scientists have assessed that the brain makes its choice within milliseconds and then sends a kind of recommendation to the consciousness, nevertheless, most of us question everything again and worry to make a mistake. Sometimes you ask yourself how helpful thoughts really are? A few years ago, when we had to decide on one or the other ice cream flavour in an ice-cream parlour, we found our daughter to solve this problem quite elegantly by saying: »I'll have both!« … Children are somewhat more advanced in these things ;-)
The exact time of the next full moon is:
Friday * 31st August 2012 * 03:58:06 pm
Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Moon sign: Pisces 10° 15'
Here you find this time converted into different timezones for other cities:
SYDNEY = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 11:58:06 pm (AEST)
TOKYO = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 10:58:06 pm (JST)
BEIJING = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 09:58:06 pm (CST)
DELHI = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 07:28:06 pm (IST)
MOSCOW = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 05:58:06 pm (MSK)
BERLIN = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 03:58:06 pm (CEST)
LONDON = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 02:58:06 pm (BST)
RIO = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 10:58:06 am (BRT)
NEW YORK = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 09:58:06 am (EDT)
MEXICO CITY = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 08:58:06 am (CDT)
LOS ANGELES = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 06:58:06 am (PDT)
HONOLULU = Friday * 31st August 2012 * 03:58:06 am (HAST)
*** CURRENT NEWS ***
Pretty sad
The US American astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, passed away at the age of 82. Thank you Neil, for this »one small step for man … and giant leap for mankind«! We will write more about him in our full moon blog next Monday.
Pretty blue
Who would like to know more about the »blue moon«, will find some information here.
www.fullmoon.info/en/blog/
Pretty cute
Fitting to this subject, we wrote about the smurfs in our this weeks full moon blog. As they are actually born on the »blue moon«.
www.fullmoon.info/en/blog/
Pretty strong
For experts and fans of comics we have two more heroes who have quite a lot to do with the full moon: Asterix and Batman.
www.fullmoon.info/en/blog/
www.fullmoon.info/en/blog/
Pretty pretty
We are also on PINTEREST now (an online pinboard) to collect some full moon impressions. Take a look. It would be great if you follow us and repin some pictures.
www.pinterest.com/fullmooninfo
Who would like to see more can also visit Jörg's pinboard.
www.pinterest.com/joepa
We wish you best of luck and a successful time!
Moonlight wishes from
Jörg Werner & Pat Edith Werner
Hauptstr. 31
82319 Starnberg
Germany
mail@fullmoon.info
www.fullmoon.info
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