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For the month of October, sometimes November, the Blood Moon or Hunter's Moon is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon after the Autumn equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. What is special about the Blood Moon and Harvest Moons? They rise later from one night to the next which lessens the period of darkness from sunset and moonrise.
Therefore, during the Hunter's Moon, hunters track their prey by Autumn moonlight, and during the Harvest Moon, farmers could continue to work their fields, both storing up food for the winter ahead, thereby earning their special names.
For this year, Hunter's Moon will rise Friday, Oct 26th. At 12:52 the moon will be full, EST. Seven hours later, it will be closest to the earth. This will be the largest and brightest full moon for 2007!
Too bad it couldn't light the way for Trick-or-Treaters at Halloween in just a few days!
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