When a 13th Full moon was thrown into the year it made things messy so giving it a name allowed the calendar to stay on track. The Full Moons on this calendar were important markers for determining certain dates such as Easter. This one gets even more tricky but basically has to do with the idea that there are usually 12 Full Moons in a year. When an extra Full Moon was thrown in it was referred to as a Blue Moon to keep the Full Moon names constant throughout the year.Īnother origin could be from the Christian ecclesiastical calendar. Many cultures named the Full Moons each month to reflect the times for planting, harvesting or seasonal conditions.
One school of thought has to do with the naming of the Full Moons. This definition gets a bit complicated and its origins are murky. The Blue moon is the 3rd Full Moon out of the 4. This earlier definition says a Blue Moon is when there are 4 Full Moons in a season rather than the usual 3. The modern definition of a Blue Moon was derived from an earlier idea of what a Blue Moon was. For exact times of the Full and Blue Moons see the Full Moon Calendar. For New Zealand the Full Moon occurs just past mid-night on September 1st. The Blue Moon will occur on August 31st in South America, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, India, and Australia but New Zealand will just miss out. For example, the Blue Moon on Augoccurred exactly at 13:58 UT. Depending on the exact time of the Blue Moon it is possible that some places in the world don't technically have a Blue Moon.
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