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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Two Moons of March

I just came back from a night hike in which we viewed the second blue moon of 2018.  The modern definition of a "blue moon" is the second full moon in a calendar month.  This year, we had two full moons in both January and March, and no full moons in February.  According to spaceweather.com, the last time we had two blue moons in such quick succession was in January and March of 1999.

Below are pictures of both full moons of March:

March 1st Full Moon
I took this in Grand Marais, MN before my radio show at WTIP.

March 1st Full Moon
I took this after my Thirsty Boots radio show at WTIP.
Blue Moon of March 31st, 2018
I took this tonight at about 8:45 PM when the moon was still near the horizon.

Blue Moon of March 31st, 2018
I took this picture at about 9:30 PM Central Time from Gunflint Lake.