Once in a Blue Moon
by Darren Fisher
Title
Once in a Blue Moon
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A wonderful capture of the Blue Moon on July 31st 2015. The moon is reflecting in the water and the darkness really adds an eerie mood to this piece.
The term has traditionally referred to an "extra" moon, where a year which normally has 12 moons has 13 instead. The "blue moon" reference is applied to the third moon in a season with four moons,[1] thus correcting the timing of the last month of a season that would have otherwise been expected too early. This happens every two to three years (seven times in the Metonic cycle of 19 years).[2] The March 1946 issue of Sky & Telescope misinterpreted the traditional definition, which led to the modern colloquial misunderstanding that a blue moon is a second full moon in a single solar calendar month with no seasonal link.
Owing to the rarity of a blue moon, the term "blue moon" is used colloquially to mean a rare event, as in the phrase "once in a blue moon".[3][4]
One lunation (an average lunar cycle) is 29.53 days. There are about 365.24 days in a tropical year. Therefore, about 12.37 lunations (365.24 days divided by 29.53 days) occur in a tropical year. In the widely used Gregorian calendar, there are 12 months (the word month is derived from moon[5]) in a year, and normally there is one full moon each month. Each calendar year contains roughly 11 days more than the number of days in 12 lunar cycles. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (seven times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon. The extra moon necessarily falls in one of the four seasons, giving that season four full moons instead of the usual three, and, hence, a blue moon.
In calculating the dates for Lent and Easter, Catholic clergy identified a Lenten moon. Historically, when the moons arrived too early, they called the early moon a "betrayer" (belewe) moon, so the Lenten moon came at its expected time.
Folklore named each of the 12 full moons in a year according to its time of year. The occasional 13th f
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Comments (22)
Diane M Dittus
Fantastic capture Darren. Congratulations on your feature forn the Gallery Wall Collective Series. L/F/T
Sandra Foster
Great work of art Darren. Congrats on your Gallery Wall Collective feature. Making it a fave/l too.
Christopher James
Congrats Darren on your Gallery Wall Collective feature and your capture of Blue Moon LF
Joni Eskridge
Lovely image, Darren. Love the reflection. Congrats on your Gallery Wall Collective feature.
Sandi OReilly
Congratulations, Darren, having this fabulous image chosen for The Gallery Wall, Collective this week. Awesome work!! F/L/Tw
Aline Halle-Gilbert
Congradulations for this special feature in The Gallery Wall . Wonderful capture !
Rafael Salazar
Congratulations Darren on this beautiful tribute and feature in The Gallery Wall Collective. Blue moon! Now I'm no longer alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own Billie Holiday - Blue Moon Lyrics |
Rene Crystal
Once in a Blue Moon is at once a stunning capture and presentation, Darren. Congrats on your Gallery Wall Collective Series feature! This deserves every accolade. A definite Fav for me.
CJ Anderson
Congratulations, Darren! You and this wonderful photograph were selected to be SPOTLIGHTED on the homepage of THE GALLERY WALL in the group's hottest feature "The Gallery Wall Collective Series." Your artwork will be exhibited from April 7, 2017 through April 13, 2017. Fav'd, liked, tweeted, and FB!