Blue Moon

[duroz]

I'm considering using the phrase, "once in a black moon."

Care to elaborate on this at all......?

[falcon9]

I'm considering using the phrase, "once in a black moon."

Care to elaborate on this at all......?

The shadow formed by a total lunar eclipse.

[duroz]

Is that a song?

Yes - written by Rodgers and Hart, 1934
Popular (most?) version recorded in 1961 by the doo-wop group the Marcels

Or a beer?

Yes again - or beers actually. The Blue Moon Brewing Company (Golden, CO.) brews several award-winning beers.

Also a little known drink, discovered at a local pub in South Minneapolis. 

I had the opportunity to enjoy this concoction on a summer's eve quite a few years ago......
Unfortunately, I enjoyed quite a few more than I should have, and the end of that story was not pretty.

Suffice it to say, I didn't have the desire to enjoy that dreaded Blue Moon concoction again.

[duroz]

I'm considering using the phrase, "once in a black moon."

Care to elaborate on this at all......?

The shadow formed by a total lunar eclipse.

I think it would be a great phrase to use! (Of course, I'm partial to use of the color black, anyway)

[ccurtis1]

 I did not know is was really a blue moon

[falcon9]

I think it would be a great phrase to use! (Of course, I'm partial to use of the color black, anyway)

Some superstitions considered it a 'bad moon rising' though, so it has that appeal.
 

[bretay]

No I never heard about it.I bet it was a sight to see

[duroz]

, discovered at a local pub in South Minneapolis. 

I had the opportunity to enjoy this...little known drink concoction......
....I enjoyed quite a few more than I should have, and the end of that story was not pretty.

Some superstitions considered it a 'bad moon rising' though.......

The end of my "Night of the Blue Moon" also could definitely be described as a bad moon rising...

[duroz]

I did not know is was really a blue moon

No it was NOT really a blue moon, as far as a visible blue orb to behold

[falcon9]

Some superstitions considered it a 'bad moon rising' though.......

The end of my "Night of the Blue Moon" also could definitely be described as a bad moon rising...

The lyrics to "Blue Moon Rising" could be a bit disturbing to some as well.

[duroz]

No I never heard about it.I bet it was a sight to see

Not so much a sight to see, but an uncommon event.

It refers to a season that normally has three full moons having four full moons, and the blue moon was the third full moon in that season.

[duroz]

Some superstitions considered it a 'bad moon rising' though.......

The end of my "Night of the Blue Moon" also could definitely be described as a bad moon rising...

The lyrics to "Blue Moon Rising" could be a bit disturbing to some as well.

Sorry.....did you mean the lyrics to Bad Moon Rising?

[smithjcsdfw]

Wouldn't a black moon be a lunar eclipse where the shadow of the earth blacks out or blocks the light of the sun?

[KSimonetti92]

The moon has been looking huge and orange for almost a week before the Blue Moon this past Saturday. Truly a beautiful sight. But the night of the Blue Moon, you could tell just looking at it, there was something truly special about it. )O( Blessed be the Blue Moon Energy!

[lorettahknox]

Would you be able to find it on the internet? That would be so great! I love things like that. These things are so rare! Did anyone know this was going to happen? There's a really old song about a blue moon that has been one of my favorites. I hate that I missed that.