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The Morning Show - With Jill Riley

Coffee Break: Blue moon

Full moon on a cloudy night
Full moon on a cloudy nightVladGans

by Jill Riley

August 30, 2023

A rare blue supermoon will be visible in the sky tonight, making it a truly unique week for astronomy lovers. However, for those expecting to see a bright blue moon in the sky, don’t get your hopes up. The term “blue moon” has nothing to do with its color. When a full moon appears more than once in a month it is donned the title of “blue.” Because we already had a supermoon earlier this month, that leaves us with a blue supermoon. Make sense?

For this “once in a blue moon” event, let’s pick out some songs to pay homage to the world’s biggest nightlight.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs about the moon do you want to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
The Police - Walking On The Moon
Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)
Elvis Presley - Blue Moon
Patsy Cline - Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
Beck - Blue Moon
Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
Feist - My Moon My Man (bonus)