{"id":811,"date":"2015-07-31T12:06:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T19:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=811"},"modified":"2015-07-31T12:08:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T19:08:36","slug":"celebrate-blue-moon-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Blue Moon Friday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blue<\/a><\/p>\n

This Friday evening we witness a rare ‘Blue Moon’.\u00a0\u00a0 Sounds like a perfect reason to celebrate with a Perfect Martini.\u00a0 Not that we need much of an excuse.<\/p>\n

For those wondering, a ‘Blue Moon’ is either the third full moon during a calendar quarter in which there are four full moons or the second full moon of a calendar month. Today’s Blue Moon is the second full moon of this month.<\/p>\n

The next Blue Moon will be May 21st 2016 which is a Saturday. This will be the third full moon of that quarter.<\/p>\n

The Blue Moon after that will be Wednesday January 31, 2018, which, like today, will be the second full moon in the calendar month.<\/p>\n

OH, and no, the moon will not appear blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Friday evening we witness a rare ‘Blue Moon’.\u00a0\u00a0 Sounds like a perfect reason to celebrate with a Perfect Martini.\u00a0 Not that we need much of an excuse. 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