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Archive Home > 2004 > July > 31 > It may look white, but tonight it's a blue moon

It may look white, but tonight it's a blue moon

Two full moons in a month is a rare event

By Julie Johnson / The Bulletin
July 31, 2004

Once in a blue moon, a lunar regularity becomes an astronomical oddity and droves of Americans stroll around singing a 1961 tune by the Marcels.

Tonight is one such occasion. A full moon, the second in the month, will illuminate the High Desert tonight, an event some astronomers, including those....

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