1 It can cause severe brain damage to a baby during birth. 2  Early detachment of the placenta, a ruptured uterus during birth or the umbilical cord getting pinched in a way that restricts blood flow can cause oxygen deprivation.
Because the time between two full Moons doesn't quite equal a whole month, approximately every three years there are two full Moons in one calendar month. The next time two full Moons occur in the same month (as seen from the United States) will be July 2015. The most recent blue Moon occurred in August 2012.
Next monthly Blue Moon on January 31, 2018. In recent decades, many people have begun using the name Blue Moon to describe the second full moon of a calendar month. There was a full moon on July 2, 2015. There was another full moon on July 31, 2015.