{"id":10441,"date":"2018-01-29T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T11:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=10441"},"modified":"2018-01-29T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T14:52:59","slug":"take-5-blue-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-blue-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Blue Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are few sights as breathtaking and awesome as a full, bright moon rising through the sky. The January 31 full moon is extra special: not only is it a Blue Moon (a second full moon in the same month\u2014the first fell on January 2), but just before sunrise, if the weather is clear, we should be able to see a partial (penumbral) lunar eclipse.<\/p>\n

The term “blue moon” only came into common usage in the 1940’s. On average, a Blue Moon only occurs every 30 months, but 2018 is not an average year. Following a February completely devoid of full moons, March will see two\u2014on March 1 and 31\u2014meaning we will have two blue moons in two months!<\/p>\n

In honor of this fluke of the calendar, here are five beautiful photographs of the moon that have been submitted to our Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest over the years. Learn more about the Blue Moon<\/a>\u00a0on our blog. To really get out and enjoy the January Blue Moon, find a night hike program<\/a> at a sanctuary near you for a moonlit adventure.<\/p>\n

\"Harvest

Moon Over Water \u00a9 Rod Delano<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Moon

Moon Close-Up \u00a9 Mackenzie Lannon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Harvest

Moon \u00a9 Alex Sullivan<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Moon

Moon Landscape \u00a9 Judith Keneman<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Moon

Moon and Herring Gulls \u00a9 Lucy Loomis<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are few sights as breathtaking and awesome as a full, bright moon rising through the sky. The January 31 full moon is extra special: not only is it a Blue Moon (a second full moon in the same month\u2014the first fell on January 2), but just before sunrise, if the weather is clear, we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":10448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[20,69,83,84],"class_list":["post-10441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-astronomy","tag-moon","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/01\/1365MackenzieLannon4625_fi.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2Ip","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":596,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/once-in-a-blue-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":10441,"position":0},"title":"Once in a Blue Moon","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"August 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever wonder where the expression \u201cOnce in a Blue Moon\u201d comes from? 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