Once-in-a-Blue-Moon Event Is Not Really Blue (Infographic)

Friday, July 27, 2012 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

Thought to be called "blue" after an old english term meaning "betrayer," a Blue Moon is an extra full moon that occurs due to a quirk of the calendar.

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