2007-11-24 17:03:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Years in which February lacked a full moon are 1809, 1847, 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961, and 1999. (From http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/FullMoon.html )
Here are the full moon dates and times for 1915, 1934, 1961, and 1999 (From http://briansprediction.com/alerts/fullmoons.htm )
1999 Jan 2 02:51 Sat
1999 Jan 31 16:08 Sun
1999 Mar 2 07:00 Tue
1999 Mar 31 22:50 Wed
1961 Jan 1 23:06 Sun
1961 Jan 31 18:47 Tue
1961 Mar 2 13:34 Thu
1961 Apr 1 05:47 Sat
1961 Apr 30 18:41 Sun
1933 Dec 31 20:54 Sun
1934 Jan 30 16:31 Tue
1934 Mar 1 10:26 Thu
1934 Mar 31 01:15 Sat
1915 Jan 1 12:20 Fri
1915 Jan 31 04:41 Sun
1915 Mar 1 18:32 Mon
1915 Mar 31 05:38 Wed
That makes 192 Februaries out of the last 200 with full moons. I couldn’t find data for the 1700s.
Extrapolating that data suggests that there were 96 February full moons in the 1700s, bringing the total to 288. This is may be inaccurate by one, that is the answer is 288+/- 1.
2007-11-24 19:26:53 · answer #1 · answered by Yaybob 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One (per month) times 300 years? Except, I suppose there might be a very rare 'blue moon' during a leap year when Feb. has 29 days.
2007-11-24 17:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor J 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
300.
2007-11-24 18:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on how many people had their cameras on.
2007-11-24 17:07:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋