The blue moon for December will occur at around 7 p.m. of Dec. 31 universal time, previously known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). It will be visible in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa.
Since the Philippines is eight hours ahead of universal time, the blue moon for the Philippines will lapse into Jan. 1 at 3:12 a.m.. Therefore, this full moon will not be considered a blue moon by Philippine standards.
But we will have two full moons for the month of January, with the first coming in on Jan. 1 and another on Jan. 30, the latter being the “blue moon.”
For February, there will be no full moon because the month will have 28 days. A full moon has a 29-day cycle.
But March will again have two full moons, the first on March 1 and the other, considered the blue moon, on March 30.