From Mercury News:Once in a blue moon is about to happen.
On Thursday, a second full moon in a calendar month will appear in the night sky, an occurrence known as a blue moon.
There has not been a month with two full moons since 2007, when sky gazers enjoyed one on June 1 and again on June 30 of that year. The first full moon this month occurred on Dec. 2.
The phrase "blue moon" has nothing to do with the color of the sphere, explained Conrad Jung, a staff astronomer at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland. "It's just a colloquial term, which means very, very rare," he said.
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