A blue moon is the second moon in a month where two occur. So, once a year, since there are 13 lunar months to our solar year, there is a blue moon.
"Once in a blue moon" comes to mean "exceedingly rare" – and over and above the astronomy, there is that rare quality in time right now.
Posted via email from Dean Whitbread
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