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Rare Black Moon on Friday, September 30th

posted by takyon on Saturday October 01 2016, @01:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the mooned-you-too-late dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Are you ready for a cosmic shift of epic proportions? You’d better be, because such a shift is approaching, courtesy of our moon! This Friday, September 30th, the moon will be new but ‘black.’ During a black moon, the side of Earth’s natural satellite lit by the sun faces away from our planet. As a result, …

Also at Space.com which clarifies that when there are two New Moons in a single calendar month, the second one is called a Black Moon. This is analogous to a "Blue Moon" which is the second Full Moon occurring in a single calendar month.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday October 01 2016, @04:00AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Saturday October 01 2016, @04:00AM (#408652)

    I run adblock, noscript, and have a custom hosts file (which microsoft ignores, but as this isn't a microsoft site that's fine). Had no issue with reading the article.

    What gets me is some sites say there is no moon (which I interpret to mean it's over Asia tonight (I live in California)), or it's a new moon (which I think is correct). The MSM says there is no moon, the tech sites like /. and ars say it's a new moon. I think it's a new moon, although it's cloudy out so I have no way to be sure.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Saturday October 01 2016, @08:44AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday October 01 2016, @08:44AM (#408688) Journal

    I run adblock, noscript, and have a custom hosts file (which microsoft ignores, but as this isn't a microsoft site that's fine).

    And still the astrologers and Frontier Proctologists can get to you? I would consider taking up another line of work, since being an internet user is beyond your talents.