When You Can See the October “Hunter Moon” at Its Peak of Brightness
You can see the October full moon, called the “Hunter’s Moon”, by rising on Sunday, October 9th. It will be at its brightest at 4:54 pm ET, but you’ll have to wait until it floats below the horizon. to see it. Or check it out on Saturday night; it won’t be completely filled, but it will be close enough.
Why is the October moon called the hunter’s moon?
The informal names of the moons mostly come from Native Americans. It is believed that the name “Moonhunter” is a suggestion (or warning) that it is time to prepare for the coming winter by preparing some game – the animals are fattened, the fields are cleared to hide from the prey, and the hunt can be done by moonlight. You really have no excuse not to hunt, unless you live in Minneapolis and work with accounts payable or something.
Hunter Moon and Harvest Moon are unique because their names are not tied to the months in which they occur; instead, “Harvest Moon” refers to the full moon that rises closest to the autumnal equinox, with the Hunter’s Moon following it. The Harvest Moon can rise in either September or October, while the Hunter’s Moon appears in either October or November, depending on the date of the equinox.
Why does the moon seem so huge in autumn?
The Hunter’s Moon must appear gigantic when it rises, but not because it is much larger than the moon of any other month. This is because the moon is close to the horizon, so terrestrial landmarks give you something to compare it to. We also see the Moon from a complex vantage point, so the Ponzo illusion comes into play.
In any case, that’s what they say . The rational part of my brain knows all about the moon illusion . I have seen slow motion photographs showing that the moon is the same size throughout the night. But whenever I see a big full moon, I still don’t fully believe it. It ‘s more ! Just look at the thing!
Random fact about the cool moon
Speaking of believing in strange things, according to a 2019 poll, about six percent of Americans believe the moon landing never happened. This is significantly less than the 30% of Americans in 1970 who doubted that a man had been to the moon.
The arguments and evidence presented by lunar conspiracy theorists are easily debunked , but it doesn’t seem to matter much — even with Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photos of the Apollo landing sites in 2013, 18 million Americans still do n’t accept the truth.