'Blue Moon' On Same Day As Neil Armstrong Service

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There's a rare `blue moon' on Friday, a fitting wink to Neil Armstrong by the cosmic calendar.

That's the day of a private service for Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died last Saturday in Ohio at age 82.

A blue moon occurs when there's a second full moon in one calendar month. It won't happen again until July 2015. The full moon cycle is 29.5 days so a blue moon is uncommon and has come to mean something rare. The moon actually won't be colored blue.

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[ellaydubya]

1. Beautiful!!

What a send-off- "Once in a very Blue Moon". Even the moon honors our hero.

[Octafish]

2. Give the moon a wink.

Thank you, Sir.

[Rowdyboy]

6. +1 for a genuine hero

[malaise]

3. Perfect

Rec

[Wilms]

4. Wonderful tribute.

I noticed the moon last night and wondered if it would be full.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Also flags will be at half staff that day

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-orders-flags-at-half-staff-for-armstrong/1

[Purveyor]

7. Thank you for posting that. I'll make sure to lower mine. eom

[Rhiannon12866]

8. K&R. I guess we all need to get out there and wink...

[absyntheminded]

9. I'm sure you wrote...

"The moon actually won't be colored blue" .... for the trolling teabillies.