Look out for the last blue moon until 2018

ENJOY the night sky this evening because the moon only looks like this ‘once on a blue moon’.

Or every 2.7 years, to be precise.

The deceptive name ‘blue moon’ refers to the second full moon occurring within a single month, which occurs roughly every 2.7 years.

There are two measures of blue moons, one by full moons in a season, and the other by calendar month.

This moon will be the last calendar blue moon until January 2018.

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