The first decade of the new Milena will close out with a Long Night Full Moon that falls right on New Years Eve. The Long Night's Full Moon, sometimes called the Mid-Winter Full Moon, got its name from the fact that is full moon that falls on or near the longest night of the year, the December 21st winter solstice.
In addition, there will be a special twist on the final full moon of 2009. This is because this full moon can also be called a Blue Moon. A Blue moon occurs whenever there are more than one full moon in a single month. You end up with 13 full moons in the year. Since there are either 29, 30 or 31 (sometimes 28!) day in each month, and there are about 28 days between each full moon, the Blue Moon occur about once every 2.72 years, or every 2 years with and either 7 or eight months. Since it is both a Blue moon, and that is occurring on New Years Eve, makes the final full moon of 2009 a rare event.
This full moon will be out on the biggest party night of the year, when millions around the world will be ringing in the new year. There will be millions or people out on Broadway and Time Square in New York City set to ring in the the new year bathed in the light of the full moon. Similar outdoor celebrations will occur in the large cities all across the world, especially where it is not so cold. Many police and hospital emergency room doctors and nurses hold firm beliefs to expect to be busy on nights of the full moons. This year's New Years Eve party may get exceptionally wild!
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