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How a Media Mistake Created the Modern Myth of the “Blue Moon”

In recent years, Persian-language media have developed a fondness for naming full Moons. Readers are invited not to miss the “Strawberry Moon,” the “Flower Moon,” or occasionally the rarer-sounding “Blue Moon.” Social media amplifies these headlines, and soon the terms begin to circulate as if they describe unusual astronomical events.