Tonight is Halloween and it is also a full moon, the
Hunter's Moon...spooky eh? No, it has to happen of course but the "
last time this happened was back in 1944. And it will not happen again until 2039!" What I bet you didn't know is that when a full moon falls on Halloween it is ALWAYS a blue moon; it has to be. "
The first full moon that follows the autumn equinox is called the Harvest Moon"..."Typically, the next full moon that follows the Harvest Moon is called the Hunter’s Moon. But this year it is also called a Blue Moon. As both events occur within the same month." [
LINK] This latter relies on the 'modern tradition' of what is a blue moon, they always been something rare but not always just the second full moon within a calendar month, which is how we think of it [
origin of the phrase].
Update: Talking about the moon, I didn't realise until today that '
Operation Moonshot' (UK Gov's rapid turnaround coronavirus testing programme) has been quietly put down.
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