The last full moon on Dec. 31 was 19 years ago.
by Anna Gorman
Los Angeles Times
January 1, 2010
Rising over City Hall on Thursday night is the second full moon of December. Blue moons are not really rare, but the last one to occur on New Year’s Eve was in 1990. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times / December 31, 2009)
New Year’s Eve celebrations were a bit brighter this year with a blue moon shining in the sky Thursday night.
A blue moon — the second full moon in a month — isn’t really uncommon, occurring on average every 2 1/2 years. But “on New Year’s Eve it is very rare,” said Scott Kardel, a spokesman for the Palomar Observatory in San Diego County. The last one was in 1990…
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