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While browsing the net for a free life insurance quote, I accidentally encountered an astonishing 2009 New Year’s Eve Trivia!

It’s going to be a Blue Moon New Year’s Eve 2009. ^_^

For those who don’t know, a Blue Moon is the 2nd Full moon in a single calendar month. You see, most years generally have 12 full moons which occur approximately monthly. However, in addition to those 12 full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains an excess of roughly eleven days compared to the lunar year. As written in Wikipedia, “The extra days accumulate, so that every two or three years (on average about every 2.7154 years), there is an extra full moon. The extra moon is called a ‘blue moon.’”

For this December 2009, there’s a full moon on the 2nd and 31st. This will be the 13th Full Moon of 2009 and it’s going to be a Blue Full Moon the same night it turns a new decade. The next Blue Moon New Year’s Eve will be in 29 years on December 31, 2028. Amazing isn’t it?

Additional Trivia: the term “blue moon” is also commonly used metaphorically to describe the rarity of an event (i.e. the idiomatic expression, “once in a blue moon.”)

Have a Happy Blue Full Moon New Year’s Eve! ^_^