12-29-2005, 11:13 PM
[left][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][#ff0000][size 3]EBONY MOON:[size 2] [/size][/size][/#ff0000][/font][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]According to [url "http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bluemoon1.html"]modern folklore[/url], when there are two Full Moons in a month, we call the second a [url "http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/07jul_bluemoon.htm"]Blue Moon[/url]. Question: what do you call it when there are two New Moons in a month?[/size][/font] [left][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]It's about to happen. On Dec. 31st, New Year's Eve, the moon will be new for the second time this month. (The first time was Dec. 1st.) Double new moons occur about once every 2.5 years, the same frequency as Blue Moons.[/size][/font] [left][font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]There's no widely accepted name for a second New Moon, so we asked SpaceWeather readers to suggest one. Hundreds of names were submitted. Our staff voted and here are the favorites:[/size][/font] [/left] [ul] [li] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Honorable Mention--Double Dark Moon, Dark Blue Moon, Astronomer's Moon[/size][/font] [li] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]Runner-up--Monkey Moon (from the verb "to monkey," which means to imitate), suggested by [url "http://www.astrobril.nl/"]Henk Bril[/url] of the Netherlands. [/size][/font] [li] [font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The Winner--Ebony Moon, suggested by Troy Silvey of Atlanta, Georgia.[/size][/font][/li][/ul]
[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The next Ebony Moon is due on August 30, 2008.[/size][/font] [/left]
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[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]The next Ebony Moon is due on August 30, 2008.[/size][/font] [/left]
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