And Thursday night we’re treated to the brightest supermoon of the year.
The full hunter’s supermoon will be about 14 percent closer to Earth and up to 30 percent brighter than an average full moon.
Here’s more on various moon names from NASA: As the full Moon after the Harvest Moon, this will be the Hunter’s Moon.
Some sources indicate that the Dying Grass, Sanguine, and Blood Moon names are related to the turning of the leaves and dying back of plants with the start of fall.
Others indicate that the names Sanguine and Blood Moon are associated with hunting to prepare for winter.
In Minnesota, this has been a fantastic year for stargazing.
There have been five beautiful aurora displays this year.
A comet with an 80,000-year orbit is visible to us in brief glimpses.
Additionally, the brightest supermoon of the year will be visible Thursday night. Because they are closer to Earth than regular moons, supermoons have a brighter light.
The hunter’s supermoon will have a brightness of up to 30% and a proximity of roughly 14% to Earth compared to a typical full moon.
The moon will rise in the east over the Twin Cities at approximately 6:23 p.m. M. Around 9:10 a.m., it set in the west. m. The moon will shine brightly over Minnesota all night long if the skies are clear.
Here is more information from NASA:.
Thursday, October 11, is the next full moon. 17. 17, 2024, at 7:26 a.m. me. ET. This will occur early on Friday morning from New Zealand Time eastward to the International Date Line, and late on Wednesday night for the International Date Line’s western time zone. Around this time, the Moon will appear full for roughly three days, from Tuesday night through Friday morning.
This is going to be the third of four supermoons in a row, and by a narrow margin, the brightest one.
NASA provides additional information on different moon names here:.
The Hunter’s Moon will occur as the full Moon following the Harvest Moon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “Hunter’s Moon” was first recorded in writing in 1710. The Farmer’s Almanac states that it’s time to go hunting when the leaves start to fall and the deer get bigger. The foxes that have emerged to prey on the animals that have come out to glean are easily visible to hunters because the harvesters have already reaped the fields.
In the 1930s, the Maine Farmer’s Almanac began publishing Native American names for the full moons. These names have gained popularity and usage throughout time.
In what is now the northeastern United States, the Algonquin tribes referred to the full moon in October as the Travel Moon, the Dying Grass Moon, or the Sanguine or Blood Moon, according to this almanac. The names Dying Grass, Sanguine, and Blood Moon are said to be associated with the beginning of fall and the turning of the leaves on the plants. According to others, the names Sanguine and Blood Moon are connected to hunting in order to get ready for the winter. I’ve read that the “Travel Moon” got its name from watching animals and birds migrate in preparation for the winter. I’m not sure, but this name might also allude to the time of year when the tribes from further north would descend from the mountains to spend the winter. To avoid the severe mountain winters, the Algonquin and Iroquois, for instance, would depart in the fall after hunting in the Adirondack Mountains during the summer.
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