History of the SBA. In 1899, just one year following the consolidation of the cityâs five boroughs and the formation of the NYPD, the Departmentâs supervisory officers formed a fraternal organization known as the Police Sergeants Endowment and Benevolent Association.
The blue moon eclipse will occur on Wednesday, Jan. 31. For people in the United States, totality will begin around 7:51 a.m. EST, or 4:51 a.m. PST, with the period of totality expected to last roughly 1 hour and 16 minutes.
It shouldnât be confused with a blue moon, a phenomenon that occurs when there is a second full moon in one calendar month. Joe Rao from space.com explains: A second full moon in a single calendar month is sometimes called a blue moon. A black moon is supposedly the flip side of a blue moon; the second new moon in a single calendar month.. The last black moon was in March 2014 and the next one after this yearâs is expected in 2019.