Richard, > > There was more about the blue moon as two full moons in the same >month (incidentally it happens again this month). It was suggested that it >was a reference to the practice of printers of diaries who thought it >necessary to distinguish between the two full moons in the month by >printing their full moon symbol on the appropriate days (nights?) in >different colours, the "extra" one being blue. > I think this is a load of tosh, but .....
It does seem a lot of trouble to go to for what must be obvious. > Anyway, a whole month without any full moon at all, as last month, >is much more interesting. There has to be a name for this! If not, let it be known that henceforth it shall be - 'a blank moon(th)'. Wow - we've made history! :-) Tony Moss
