"Miles Maxted" bravely wrote to "All" (31 Jul 04  06:14:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Blue Moons and Northern"

 MM> Space Weather News for July 28, 2004
 MM> http://spaceweather.com

 MM> BLUE MOON: According to modern folklore, there's a Blue Moon coming on
 MM> July 31st. It's the second full moon in a calendar month. But will it
 MM> be blue? Believe it or not, scientists say blue-colored moons are real.
 MM> They're caused by forest fires, volcanoes and dust storms. Follow the
 MM> links at Spaceweather.com to read about some genuine blue moon
 MM> sightings. ___------------

 MM> ...and checked the local NZ Herald Tide, Sun amd Moon tables for
 MM> Auckland.

 MM> The full moons are shown as being on..

 MM> -  2nd July, 2004 {at} 2310hrs NZST (12 hours ahead of GMT),
 MM> -  1st August, 2004 {at} 0606hrs, and
 MM> - 30th August, 2004 {at} 1424hrs.

 MM> ..making August the NZ Blue Moon month, not July.

 MM> D'you think Spaceweather.com is using a local time zone ?


"The idea of a blue moon has been traced back to 1528, to a
sceptical little item entitled Rede Me and Be Not Wrothe:
"Yf they say the mone is belewe, we must believe that it is true".

 M*i*k*e

... "Good luck Mr. Gorsky!" -- Neil Armstrong.
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