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Why does the moon....... ....appear so large when close to the horizon; as opposed to high in the sky? Is it the perspective of being close to the Earth and trees, etc.?”
The moon illusion is a pretty confusing phenomenon. ....based on experimental studies on how people perceive the moon..... people perceive a moon on the horizon to be farther away than a moon seen overhead. Of course, it's not true, but our brains think it is. Then our brains appear to drive home this perception by exaggerating the moon's apparent size to our eyes. Tonight's full moon is considered to be a blue moon, as it is the third full moon of four between the June solstice and the September equinox.  | |
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Samaar said: Tonight's full moon is considered to be a blue moon, as it is the third full moon of four between the June solstice and the September equinox.
I thought a blue moon was when we have a second new moon withing one calendar month.  [Edited 8/19/05 10:29am] |
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CarrieMpls said: Samaar said: Tonight's full moon is considered to be a blue moon, as it is the third full moon of four between the June solstice and the September equinox.
I thought a blue moon was when we have a second new moon withing one calendar month.
[Edited 8/19/05 10:29am] I thought so too. Gonna have to do a little more homework. | |
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CarrieMpls said: Samaar said: Tonight's full moon is considered to be a blue moon, as it is the third full moon of four between the June solstice and the September equinox.
I thought a blue moon was when we have a second new moon withing one calendar month.
No such thing in the Jewish calendar | |
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Byron said:
ooooo pretty | |
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Heavenly said: CarrieMpls said: I thought a blue moon was when we have a second new moon withing one calendar month.
No such thing in the Jewish calendar 
Much more homework. | |
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Samaar said: CarrieMpls said: I thought a blue moon was when we have a second new moon withing one calendar month.
[Edited 8/19/05 10:29am] I thought so too. Gonna have to do a little more homework. There are in fact two definitions for a blue moon. According to the more recent definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. The second full moon is called the blue moon. The Other Kind of Blue Moon An older definition for the blue moon is recorded in early issues of the Maine Farmer's Almanac. According to this definition, the blue moon is the third full moon in a season that has four full moons. | |
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Samaar said: Heavenly said: No such thing in the Jewish calendar
Much more homework. The Jewish calendar goes by the moon. so you can never have two full moons in one month. | |
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Heavenly said: Samaar said:
Much more homework. The Jewish calendar goes by the moon. so you can never have two full moons in one month. Well now, that makes too much sense...and a lot easier to understand than what I came up with. lol The Jewish calendar is based on three astronomical phenomena: the rotation of the Earth about its axis (a day); the revolution of the moon about the Earth (a month); and the revolution of the Earth about the sun (a year). | |
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Samaar said: Heavenly said: The Jewish calendar goes by the moon. so you can never have two full moons in one month. Well now, that makes too much sense...and a lot easier to understand than what I came up with. lol The Jewish calendar is based on three astronomical phenomena: the rotation of the Earth about its axis (a day); the revolution of the moon about the Earth (a month); and the revolution of the Earth about the sun (a year). Every 7 years (I think) we get to have a 13th month. | |
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Heavenly said: Samaar said: Well now, that makes too much sense...and a lot easier to understand than what I came up with. lol The Jewish calendar is based on three astronomical phenomena: the rotation of the Earth about its axis (a day); the revolution of the moon about the Earth (a month); and the revolution of the Earth about the sun (a year). Every 7 years (I think) we get to have a 13th month. Is that anything like the seven year itch?  | |
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Samaar said: Heavenly said: Every 7 years (I think) we get to have a 13th month. Is that anything like the seven year itch? I have no clue what that is, but I don't remember itching during that month | |
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blue moon,you saw me standing alone
without a dream in my heart, blue moon you know just what do to. Blue moon. | |
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Heavenly said: Samaar said: Is that anything like the seven year itch? I have no clue what that is, but I don't remember itching during that month  | |
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