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Full moons in October: harvest moon and a blue moon on Halloween

2020-10-01T16:05:46.890Z


As if 2020 wasn't strange enough, it's a year with 13 full moons instead of 12, with two of them occurring in October.


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As if 2020 wasn't strange enough, it's a year with 13 full moons instead of 12, with two of them happening in October.

The first full moon in October is the harvest moon on October 1, and the second full moon will occur on October 31.

That's right: a full moon on Halloween.

The full harvest moon will rise at 5:05 pm (Miami time) on October 1.

The name is given to the full moon that occurs closer to the autumnal equinox.

While this full moon usually occurs in September, a full moon on September 2 was too early to be known as the harvest moon.

In 2019, the full harvest moon occurred on Friday, September 13.

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The full harvest moon provides light for farmers who harvest their crops at night, according to the Farmer's Almanac.

The Moon will appear full for about three days, according to NASA.

The blue moon

October will also close with a full moon on Halloween, the rare blue hunter full moon on Halloween.

While the Moon will not actually appear blue, the second full moon in the same month is generally referred to as a blue moon.

This happens every 2.5 to three years, or "once in a blue moon."

Previously, a blue moon was known as the third or fourth full moon in a single season.

Generally, the next moon after the harvest moon is referred to as the hunter's moon, when hunters used the moonlight to hunt for prey and prepare for winter.

While a blue moon seems rare, a full moon on Halloween in different time zones is even rarer, an event that has not occurred since 1944.

However, the full moon occurs on Halloween every 19 years in some time zones, so you can expect a Halloween full moon again in 2039, 2058, 2077, and 2096.

The Halloween full moon will rise at 10:49 am (Miami time) on October 31, which explains why the moon will be visible in all time zones.

This is also the last day of daylight saving time, so you need to turn the clock back one hour on November 1 at 2 a.m.

Make way for Mars

On the night of October 2, you might see a fiery red star in the upper left of the harvest moon, or just above the Moon if you look later in the evening, according to EarthSky.

It's actually Mars, making its closest approach to Earth at 10:18 a.m. (Miami time) on October 6.

Mars will be 62,099,460 kilometers from Earth (yes, that's close to Mars) and it won't be that close again until 2035.

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NASA's Perseverance rover is currently traversing space and on its way to land on Mars in February 2021.

It was launched on July 30, specifically within a time frame that would allow for faster travel between Earth and Mars when they are aligned on the same side of the sun.

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Source: cnnespanol

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