Did you hear? Next year we will see the extra rare super double green geoduck moon. I'm sure most of you realize that I made that up. I wouldn't be too surprised if someone thought that I was being serious for a split second. Why? Because we have embraced over-the-top naming of pretty much every full moon.
We used to hear mostly about blue moons with an occasional mention of a harvest moon. Then we decided to add "super" when the moon is closer to Earth. Then we went crazy. The media has loved this because it provides clickbait for otherwise insignificant events. People want to know why each full moon is rare, including the bland new moon of guaranteed wealth and power (just a name).
The next full moon will be rare if we look at it in the sense that it will be the only time ever that that specific full moon will occur. If you are clever enough, you can find a way to isolate each full moon from the others. This is why there are so many rare full moons, but I'm not going to rush to see the sterilization moon.
If we wanted, we could extend this to other moon phases. Can't you wait for the rare 42.89% waxing plaid mountain moon of animal husbandry? Admittedly, that doesn't excite me.
Full moons are not rare. Can we please stop portraying them as though they are? This approach to naming has gone overboard. Let's start referring to the next dwarf magenta flesh moon as what it really is, a full moon.
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