Saturday, October 31, 2020

Tonight we will have what is known as a ‘blue moon’.  I have heard of this for years, knowing that the phrase ‘once in a blue moon’ means something that occurs rarely.  Well, I got the definition the other day from Kevin the weather man on Channel 10 in Terre Haute.  He reported that a ‘blue moon’ is when a full moon occurs a second time in the same month.   Tonight’s blue moon will be the first one since March 31, 2018.  The fact that this is a rare event was reinforced by the Weather Channel this morning.  TWC reported that the last time a blue moon occurred on Halloween was 1939!  Guess I’m never too old to learn something new.