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[quote=alter-ego post_id=340864 time=1724179106 user_id=125299]
[quote=johnnydeep post_id=340863 time=1724175878 user_id=132061]
[quote]This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is the [b][color=#0000FF]third of four full moons occurring during a single season[/color][/b].[/quote]
[quote]This supermoon is particularly unusual in that it is the [color=#0000FF][b]first of four successive supermoons[/b][/color][/quote]

Hmm, how are both of those statements true?
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There are no more blue moons this year. (2024 has one blue moon by either definition)
Summer has four full moons, two are super moons (one is the seasonal blue moon) and Fall has three full moons, two are super.
Nothing about these four consecutive super moons conflicts with a seasonal blue moon (3rd of 4 full moons).
FYI, 2025 has no blue moons by either definition.
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Ok,so:

[ - - F1 F2 - - [b]FSM3[/b] - F4 - - - ] : where all the [b]F[/b]ull moons are within this single depicted bracketed season, the dashes are other moon phases, and [b]FSM3[/b] is the first of 4 successive supermoons that may well extend into following seasons.

Or something like that.

[quote=johnnydeep post_id=340863 time=1724175878 user_id=132061]
[quote]This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is the [b][color=#0000FF]third of four full moons occurring during a single season[/color][/b].[/quote]
[quote]This supermoon is particularly unusual in that it is the [color=#0000FF][b]first of four successive supermoons[/b][/color][/quote]

Hmm, how are both of those statements true?
[/quote]
There are no more blue moons this year. (2024 has one blue moon by either definition)
Summer has four full moons, two are super moons (one is the seasonal blue moon) and Fall has three full moons, two are super.
Nothing about these four consecutive super moons conflicts with a seasonal blue moon (3rd of 4 full moons).
FYI, 2025 has no blue moons by either definition.

[quote]This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is the [b][color=#0000FF]third of four full moons occurring during a single season[/color][/b].[/quote]
[quote]This supermoon is particularly unusual in that it is the [color=#0000FF][b]first of four successive supermoons[/b][/color][/quote]

Hmm, how are both of those statements true?

Not surprised. There likely is no term for a 2nd NEW moon in a month. The Full moon is obviously noticeable and has always been romanticized. By definition, an earthling can't see a NEW moon. The only time it gets noticeable press is during a total eclipse, like the one recently.

[quote=werehm post_id=340858 time=1724167556 user_id=148136]
I have always known that a "blue moon" is the term for the 2nd FULL moon of a given month. Is there a term for for the 2nd NEW moon of a given month? The people at Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, couldn't answer my question.
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Not that I've ever heard. It is worth noting that the term "blue moon" to refer to the second full moon in a season (its original use) or the second full moon in a month is very new, not even a century old, and has not been widely used in that context except in the last few decades.

I have always known that a "blue moon" is the term for the 2nd FULL moon of a given month. Is there a term for for the 2nd NEW moon of a given month? The people at Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, couldn't answer my question.

Thank You

William Rehm

[url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240820.html] [img]https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_240820.jpg[/img] [size=150]Supermoon Beyond the Temple of Poseidon[/size][/url]

[b] Explanation: [/b] A supermoon occurred yesterday. And tonight's moon should also look impressive. [url=https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/what-is-a-supermoon/]Supermoons[/url] appear slightly larger and brighter than most full moons because they reach their full phase when [url=https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/what-is-a-supermoon/]slightly nearer to the Earth[/url] -- closer than 90 percent of all [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220612.html]full moons[/url]. This supermoon was also a blue moon given the definition that it is the third of four full moons occurring during a single season. [url=https://moon.nasa.gov/news/197/super-blue-moons-your-questions-answered/]Blue moons[/url] are not usually blue, and a different definition holds that a [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210831.html]blue moon[/url] is the second full moon that occurs during a single month. The [url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C-3NZVEOdaV/]featured image[/url] captured the [url=https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230905.html]blue supermoon[/url] right near its peak size yesterday as it was rising [url=https://youtu.be/mGl5ALlUI-Q?t=39]beyond[/url] the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Poseidon,_Sounion]Temple of Poseidon[/url] in [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece]Greece[/url]. [url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-super-blue-moon-will-be-visible-monday-night-what-does-that-mean-180984928]This supermoon[/url] is particularly unusual in that it is the [url=https://i2.pickpik.com/photos/19/144/45/cat-feeding-young-cat-animal-preview.jpg]first of four[/url] successive supermoons, the next three occurring in September, October, and November.


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