why do some people called it blue and color it blue.
2007-08-02 14:39:25 · 31 answers · asked by @NGEL B@BY 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Ok, that's a good question...
and it's NOT to be taken literally that the moon is the "color" blue..
The term "blue moon" usually refers to a "full moon" that appears four times in the same quarter.
Typically in any one quarter (3 month period) there are only THREE full moons...
a "blue moon" then will appear TWICE in one of those months.
...the term "blue" simply means the second full moon in the same month is "rare".
You may have heard the expression, "Once in a blue moon".
meaning something that does not occur too frequently.
btw (in case you were wondering)...
the term "Harvest moon" means that full moon that appears nearest to the Autumnal equinox...which is typically September 23....the beginning of the harvest season (in most cooler climate areas of the U.S.).
2007-08-02 14:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. a metaphorical phrase. Once in a blue moon means something that rarely happens like a blue moon.
2.when a moon appears blue. this is due to dust particles in the air and smoke.
3. when it is based on a Gregorian Calendar it is the second of two full moons in the same calendar month
4.In a year that has thirteen full moons in its cycle the extra one is called a blue moon. This only happen every 2-3 years and never in February.
5. in early folklore if someone talked of a blue moon it was to say something was absurd
2007-08-02 22:04:45 · answer #2 · answered by TBECK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well the moon isn't really white, I think it is a grayish, but it looks white when it is glowing (the sun is reflecting off of it) there is such thing as a blue moon, which is rare and special. Tho the moon is also a cool orange when there is an eclipse
anywho, i suggest you ask the person coloring
most everyone else's answers are wrong by the way
2007-08-02 21:42:33 · answer #3 · answered by Sarah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has something to do with our atmosphere, I have seen the moon white, gray, blue, and red.
Gray is usually a coming storm, probably seen through gray clouds really.
White is usual.
Blue is rare to see but the mood does shine blue once in a while. That is where the expresion "Once in a blue moon" comes from, also the song "Blue Moon"
Red seems more common although red is rare as well.
2007-08-03 02:12:58 · answer #4 · answered by Wade C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A "blue moon" is the second full moon of any given month. It only happens that there are two full moons in the same month once in a great while, but when it happens, it's called a blue moon. Don't know why they picked blue. peace
2007-08-02 21:43:14 · answer #5 · answered by Pilgrim Traveler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because some people think blue is a night color and since the moon pops out at night, that's why people color it blue.
2007-08-02 21:42:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always thought that blue moon applied when the moon was alone in the sky without any stars or anything to accompany it. It sounds childish I know but that's what I got from the song it was "blue" because it was alone.
2007-08-02 21:42:14 · answer #7 · answered by Jamie L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes it looks blue because of how the light is reflected. the color you see is also affected by light traveling through the atmopshere.
the term "blue moon" also refers to the second full moon in one month (usually there's only one a month)
2007-08-02 21:42:10 · answer #8 · answered by musicgurl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
W hen a calendar month contains two full Moons, the second one is called a "Blue Moon."
2007-08-02 21:43:51 · answer #9 · answered by Ink Corporate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blue moon
n.
1.
1. The third full moon in a three-month calendrical season that has four full moons.
2. The second of two full moons occurring in the same month.
2. Informal. A relatively long period of time: I haven't seen you in a blue moon.
2007-08-02 21:42:10 · answer #10 · answered by Smoothie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋