The Moon: Full, Blue, New, Black

Today is the first full moon of 2011.

Anticipating the arrival of the full moon, I looked at my calendar, searching for any blue moons, when two full moons appear in a calendar month.

Alas, there are none. There will be no blue moons in 2011.

However, there is one black moon happening. A black moon is when a second new moon happens in a calendar month.

This year, the black moon will happen on July 30 at 18:40 UTC.

Update for 2013-01-16: There are no black or blue moons in 2013.

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References:

Black moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_moon
New moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_moon
Blue moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_moon
Full moon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
Full moons for 2011: http://www.ewpnet.com/full-moon.htm
New moons for 2011: http://www.universetoday.com/20237/new-moon-2011/
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.php

Full Moon Arises (Poem)

Beautiful sun
on the horizon's edge -
soon evening
brings night...
Oh! Full moon arises!

Utsukushii hi
Suihei-sen no haji ni -
Sugu ni yoru
Yoru ga motarasu...
Ā! Mangetsu ga hassei!

美しい日/
水平線の端に -
すぐに夜/
夜がもたらす ...
ああ！満月が発生！