Hunter’s Full Moon: Why is it called that and when to see it in October?

The next full moon that we will be able to appreciate from our country is known as the ‘hunter’s moon’. It is also called ‘travel moon’ or ‘blood moon’, according to the NASA.

SIGHT: La Niña is back: what it is and what it means for the climate in Latin America

When to see the ‘hunter’s moon’

To be able to enjoy it in its maximum splendor,. But it may be crowded from Monday night to Thursday.

“The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time (10 am), from Monday night to Thursday night,” details NASA.

SIGHT: The solar system is surrounded by a magnetic ‘tunnel’, according to study

According to the Geophysical Institute of Peru, the next day, October 21,; then on October 28, the last quarter. Check out the full schedule in this video:

Why is it called ‘hunter’s moon’?

The first time it was called ‘was in 1710. NASA explains that in ancient North American culture, with the leaves already fallen and the deer with an appropriate weight, it was time to hunt. The previous moon was the harvest moon, and since the produce had already been gathered from the fields, the fields were clear and the hunters could easily see the animals.

But this October Moon is also present in other civilizations of the world. “For Buddhists,, the three-month fasting period for monsoon-linked Buddhist monks. There are numerous festivals and holy days associated with this moon at the end of Vassa. Many Buddhists celebrate the holy day Pavarana on this day. “, details the agency.

Why is it known as’? Because it is also the, in addition other animals begin to prepare for the winter, since the names were assigned according to the moments of the northern hemisphere.

With information from El País / GDA

• La Niña is back: what it is and what it means for the climate in Latin America
• The solar system is surrounded by a magnetic ‘tunnel’, according to study
• These are the 42 largest asteroids in the Solar System: they measure more than 100 km
• FRB | Earth has received over a thousand strange radio signals from space
• James Webb | Why is the launch of the largest telescope in history so important?
• Australia to build an astromobile for future NASA mission to the Moon
• Astronauts simulate what it’s like to live on Mars in a crater in Israel
• Peruvian astronomers find evidence that a rocky planet was “swallowed” by a star
• The Earth no longer shines as before: why is this?
• Astronomers detect a rare hidden object in the main asteroid belt
• William Shatner, Captain Kirk from ‘Star Trek’, will travel to space with Blue Origin
• Space mining: they discover nearby asteroids with large reserves of iron and nickel
• Astronomers discover the first planet to orbit three stars
• At what point did the Earth become habitable?
• Scientists record how a black hole devours a star
• NASA records a large earthquake that lasted almost an hour and a half on Mars
• NASA will send a robot to the south pole of the Moon in search of ice

Follow us on twitter:

!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?’http’:’https’;if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+’://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, ‘script’, ‘twitter-wjs’);

.

Deshawn