Blue Moon Will Be Visible On New Year’s Eve
By shantanu, Gaea News NetworkWednesday, December 30, 2009
Los Angeles (GaeaTimes.com) - People are searching the Internet for updates and news on the Blue moon that is likely to bevisibleon NewYearseve. In fact many of them searched with the termsBlue Moon will be visible on New Year’s Eve. However, A blue moon is not to be confused with a moon changing its aura.The moon will have a partial eclipse on the new Year eve as per the astronomers. However, the residents of South and North America will miss it. The people in Africa, Asia and most European nations will be able to witness the grand celestial phenomena. Most of the years have 12 full moons generally.
A blue moon on the New years eve is not common and occurs in 19 years. The last one was in 1990. So the next one would be in 2028. The moon has a reddish glow in such phases. A Blue moon is the sophomore Blue moon in a month. The Australians are not going to witness the blue moon due to the difference in time zones. They can get a glimpse in the dawn which will obviously make it in the new year. However, the Britons are lucky since they will get to see the moon at evening. The news that Blue Moon will be visible on New Year’s eve has many star gazers excited and the end of the new Year has added to the excitement.
Blue Moon will be visible on New Year’s Eve only in some parts of the world. For those people who consider it as an auspicious event, that will hardly make any difference nevertheless.