There was no full moon in February 1866
it was a harvest moon (full moon but orange in colour)
The popular definition of a "blue moon" is: "The second Full Moon in the samecalendar month".Although the origin of the term "blue moon" is nothing like that definition,we'll go with it, because that's what everybody nowadays thinks it is.The period of the moon's phases ... the time it takes to go through all of them ...is 29.531 days. (rounded)February has 28 days in three out of four years, and 29 days every fourth year.So February is never quite long enough to score two Full Moons.Even if it was a Leap Year and February 1 began at the exact instant of Full Moon,the next instant of Full Moon wouldn't occur until about 12hours 45minutes afterthe end of February 29th.
This is a fallacy. There was, in fact, a full moon in February, 1865. It occurred on 1865 February 10 at 16:27 UTC. The specific chart is the USNO 1865 Moon Phases document. This is not to say, however, that it is impossible for February to miss the full phase. The moon phases cycle every 29.5 days. Februrary, with 28 days (and 29 on a leap year), does miss a phase periodically.
the phase of the moon on this date was a waxing gibbousthere are 8 phases called in order,new moon,waxing crescent moon,first quarter moon,waxing gibbous moon,full moon,waning gibbous moon,third quarter moon,waning crescent moon,back to the new moon
The moon on February 1st, 2010 was in its waning gibbous phase, with approximately 93% of its visible surface illuminated. It would have appeared as a nearly full moon, but with a slight darkening on one side.
The moon's synodic cycle is 29.53 days. As recently as 1999, there was no full moon during February. In fact 1866, 1885, 1915, 1934, 1961 did not have a full phase. so, yes, there can be a month without a full moon.
There was a full moon on the 3rd of February 2015.
March 18th
The next full moon on February 29 will occur in 2036. This is because February 29 is a leap day that happens only every four years, and the timing of the full moon cycle does not always align with February 29.
The Moon CAN be full in February, and in fact it usually is. Rarely, the Moon is full on January 31, which means it won't be full again until after February is over. But this only happens on average a little over three times a century.
It was a full moon.
It was, no doubt, a February. About every 30 years, the moon is full on January 2nd, and again on January 31. The next full moon happens to be on March 1! An entire MONTH (well, it was only February, which IS the shortest month) with no full moons!
February is the only month capable of not having a full moon, although it almost always has one.The only thing that February can't possibly have that other months can is two full moons.Every other month except February must have one full moon, and is capable of having two of them.
it was a harvest moon (full moon but orange in colour)
The full moon known as the snow moon typically occurs in February. It is named the snow moon because it typically coincides with the snowiest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
February is the only month capable of not having a full moon, although it almost always has one.The only thing that February can't possibly have that other months can is two full moons.Every other month except February must have one full moon, and is capable of having two of them.
Feb. 3, 2011