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What is unique about August 2012?
August 2012 will feature not 1 but 2 full moons.
The full moon occurs once every 29.5 days. This essentially means that there
is one full moon every month. However, as we know, every month but February has
at least 30 days in it, which presents the potential for two full moons in a month.
August 2012 - is one of these unique months, which will have two full moons. There
will be a full moon on August 2nd, and then another full moon on August 31st.
So those of us whom are superstitious in regards to full moons will have two
special days in August of 2012.
The term Blue Moon can refer to the second full moon in a given month. When people say "once
in a blue moon" they are speaking to the rarity of the occurrence of a second moon
happening in the same given month.
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