Micro Wave: "Once In A Blue Moon" Is Happening Again This Halloween

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 8 a.m.

b'This year, there will be a "blue moon" for Halloween. So for today\'s show, we\'re asking: What IS a blue moon? Is the moon ever blue? And are they as rare as the phrase "once in a blue moon" implies?

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