True or False? February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon?"?

Answer 1

Is this a joke? False.

Answer 2

This is a fallacy. There was, in fact, a full moon in February, 1865. It occurred on 1865 February 10 at 16:27 UTC.

The specific chart is the USNO 1865 Moon Phases document.

This is not to say, however, that it is impossible for February to miss the full phase. The moon phases cycle every 29.5 days. Februrary, with 28 days (and 29 on a leap year), does miss a phase periodically.

In fact 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961 did not have a full phase.

In 1972, a leap year, the full moon occurred on 02/29 at 03:12 UTC.

As recently as 1999, there was no full moon during February...

Answer 3

False.
1) statistical approach

The month of February has an average of 28.2475 days
The average time between two Full Moons is 29.530589 days.

The probability that there is a full moon in a random month of february is 28.2475/29.530589 = 0.95655, leaving a probability of 0.04345 (a little over 4%) that a random month of february has no full moon.

If we take two random months of february, the probability that both of them have full moons is (0.95655^2=) 0.915..., leaving almost a 9% chance that one of the two has no full moon.

Take 100 "Februarys"
The probability that all of them have a full moon is 0.95655^100 = 0.0117698
(98.2% chance that at least one has no full moon)

The probability that only one of 100 has no full moon (leaving 99 with a full moon) is
0.95655^99 * 0.04345^1 = 0.0005346

The prtobability that more than one had no full moon must be:

1 - 0.0117698 - 0.0005346 = 0.9877

Over 100 random months of february, there is a 98% chance of finding at least two with no full moon.

Imagine over 1000 years (recorded history is even longer than that).

2) there was no full moon in February of 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961 or 1999. (from wiki)

You have to define what you mean by "no full Moon in february" If you define february as from one spot on Earth, then it only lasts 28 days (29 days on leap years).

However, when it is March 1 in some places, it could still be February elsewhere on Earth. Most people use Universal Time (what used ot be called Greenwich Mean Time) to define on which day the moon is full.

Answer 4

False.
In some years there is no full moon in February at all, since February is slightly shorter than the time from one full moon to the next. This condition, known as black moon, gives additional 'blue' moons in the preceding and following months (namely January and March). The last time this occurred was in 1999. The next time this will occur will be in 2018, because February will have no full moon that year, according to UTC, which means that January and March will each have a calendar blue moon that year.

Answer 5

false

Answer 6

Well, I'm gonna assume false, I've never heard of that, but i f you have any information about it please let me know!

Answer 7

Yes..