The celestial event, which is visible from Sunday to Wednesday morning, probably won’t happen again until 2037. A “blue” moon bears no connection to the color blue, and the moon won’t have a colorful tinge. Instead, a blue moon is used to describe what is effectively an additional full moon, one that violates the rule of thumb, that there is one full moon in a month, or three full moons in a season.

  • Aatube@kbin.melroy.orgOP
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    22 days ago

    You may as well ask why we like to lay down on the grass and watch the sunset and why we find that beautiful. It’s subjective, and I disagree with cynicism, that’s all.

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      22 days ago

      No one’s asking nor wondering why you find looking at things in the sky beautiful.

      They’re asking why you’re ascribing meaning to an arbitrary number of days. Months aren’t subjective, they’re arbitrary.

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        22 days ago

        because i like meaning. for the same reason i find looking at things in the sky beautiful.