Blue Moon!

It’s today, May 31. There are a number of definitions for the Blue Moon. Tonight’s falls under the two-full-moons-in-one-month definition. The first full moon was on May 2.

In this stenopool, the Blue Moon is special because one of the little typists was born on a Blue Moon, Jan. 31, 1999.

Here is a list of full moon dates.

  • July 31, 2004 — Second full moon in July
  • August 2005 — Third full moon in a season of four full moons
  • May, June or July 2007 — Second full moon in May, June or July, depending on time zone.
  • May 2008 — Third full moon in a season of four full moons
  • December 2009 — Second full moon in December
  • November 2010 — Third full moon in a season of four full moons