Blue moon

A blue moon is an additional full moon that appears in a subdivision of a year: either the third of four full moons in a season, or a second full moon in a month of the common calendar.

The phrase has nothing to do with the actual color of the moon, although a literal "blue moon" (the moon appearing with a tinge of blue) may occur in certain atmospheric conditions: e.g., when there are volcanic eruptions or when exceptionally large fires leave particles in the atmosphere.

Definition

The term has traditionally referred to an "extra" moon, where a year which normally has 12 moons has 13 instead. The "blue moon" reference is applied to the third moon in a season with four moons, thus correcting the timing of the last month of a season that would have otherwise been expected too early. This happens every two to three years (seven times in the Metonic cycle of 19 years). The March 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope misinterpreted the traditional definition, which led to the modern colloquial misunderstanding that a blue moon is a second full moon in a single solar calendar month with no seasonal link.

Blue Moon (disambiguation)

A blue moon is an astronomical phenomenon.

Blue Moon may also refer to:

Literature

  • Blue Moon (Hamilton novel), a 1998 Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter novel by Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Blue Moon (fanzine), a UK football fanzine dedicated to Peterborough United
  • Blue Moon (Noël novel), a 2009 novel in the Immortals series by Alyson Noël
  • Music

  • The Blue Moon (musical), a 1905 London musical
  • Blue Moon World Tour, 2013 live world tour of South Korean rock band CN Blue
  • Albums

  • Blue Moon (The Marcels album)
  • Blue Moon (Toby Keith album), 1996
  • Blue Moon (Steve Holy album), 2000
  • Blue Moon (Sofia Talvik album), 2005
  • Blue Moon (Carmen McRae album), 1956
  • Blue Moon (Robben Ford album), an album by Robben Ford
  • Songs

  • "Blue Moon" (1934 song), a 1934 song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
  • "Blue Moon" (Beck song), 2014
  • "Blue Moon" (Steve Holy song), 2000
  • "Blue Moon", a song by De/Vision
  • Film and television

  • Blue Moon (1998 film), a Taiwanese film featuring Tarcy Su
  • Blue Moon (2000 film), a drama/romantic comedy starring Ben Gazzara and Rita Moreno and featuring Alanna Ubach
  • Blue Moon (Steve Holy song)

    "Blue Moon" is a song written by Gary Leach and Mark Tinney, and recorded by American country music artist Steve Holy. It was released in April 2000 as the second single and title track from his debut album Blue Moon. The song peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 47 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.

    Critical reception

    Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a negative review, calling it a "lackluster ballad that fails to help Holy distinguish himself from the pack." Price wrote that Holy "has a pleasant voice, seasoned by performing on the competitive Texas music circuit, but somehow this record just doesn't take off."

    Chart performance

    Year-end charts

    References

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    Blue Moon

    by: Colubrids

    The murderess sleepsI am alone
    like big drops of ink
    my thoughts when I think
    My hands leave me and walk the dark
    the radio is trembling with me
    naked I am
    the moonlight paints me blue
    I wish you were here
    not this body beside
    my collar is wet
    avoid the streetlights
    five steps to one
    feels like I've seen too much
    moths die in the light
    Too much death all around, around me
    I hear the cats scream
    on the rainstreets below
    it's not that strange
    if I go insane
    I see her from here
    she's still where she fell
    in shadow her face
    it's not safe to sleep
    I reach out for a luke cup of tea
    about two in the packet, my hat is wet
    outside it's raining
    and I'm guarding my sheep
    the smoke from my lips
    my breath fouls the air
    oak brown are the walls
    I'm in a leather chair
    I've got a big gun
    but it rests with her
    I need to think
    oh help me blue moon
    she's done nothing wrong
    oh those dark halfclosed eyes
    I guess all I need is less alibies and to cry




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