Blue moon, you saw me standing alone

There's going to be a blue moon this Thursday, at least here in the US: for the second time this month, there will be a full moon. This is by the definition of a "blue moon" being the second full moon in a calendar month. Interestingly, due to where the day is, the blue moon--by this definition--will apparently be happening in May, June or July of this year depending on where you are in the world.

This type of blue moon is fairly infrequent, last happening in July 2004. There is also another type of blue moon: when 4 full moons happen within a season (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter), the third one is called blue. This last happened in August 2005, and will happen again next May.

Now, apparently there's an even rarer condition, where smoke/particulates in the atmosphere can cause the moon to tint blue in color. This is usually regionalized, and given the recent smoke here in South Florida may actually already be happening here...

In any case, for more info on Thursday check out this article.

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own