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Tomorrow to Be Marked by 2020’s Rare “Blue Moon”

2020-10-30 by Argophilia Travel News

Blue Moon

Tomorrow, a second full moon will occur in the month of October for the first time since March of 2018. The 27-day rotation of the moon’s cycles just4 happens to fall within October this year.

Tags: atronomy, blue moon, full moon, Halloween events, NASA, werewolves

Greece Celebrates August Full Moon With Free Events

2020-07-31 by Argophilia Travel News

Moon over Santorini

Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports is organizing a series of free events at archeological sites and museums around Greece for the August full moon.

Tags: free events, full moon, Greece museums, Greece sites, Greek archaeological sites, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, summer moon

Harvest Moon 2013 To Be Seen Starting Tonight

2013-09-18 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Back in the early days, people based their lives around the sun and the moon. Their cycles guided them throughout the year, and were considered important for agriculture, and other activities. Today, we have a lot of technical equipment replacing lunar and sun calendars, but the stars, the moon and the sun still fascinate us […]

Tags: autumnal equinox, full moon, harvest moon, harvest moon 2013

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