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October Hunter's Moon reaches full illumination overnight
Space.com says the October full moon, known as the Hunter's Moon, reaches 100% illumination at 12:12 a.m. EDT on Oct. 26.
The October full moon, commonly called the Hunter's Moon in the Northern Hemisphere, reaches 100% illumination at 12:12 a.m. EDT (0412 GMT) on Oct. 26, Space.com reported, citing the lunar disk shining opposite the sun1.
U.S. stargazers will first see it climb into the eastern sky at sunset on Oct. 25, the site said, and it pointed readers to Time and Date's moonrise tracker for local times1.
Space.com said the moon often looks larger near the horizon because of a perceptual effect it called the Moon Effect, and that it can appear yellow-orange soon after moonrise as shorter blue wavelengths scatter in Earth's atmosphere1.
The outlet said the Hunter's Moon name, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, comes from the moon rising after harvest, when fields are bare for hunting1. It also listed other names: the Cree Migrating Moon and the Ojibwe and Haida Freezing Moon1.
Around full illumination, Space.com said the terminator and crater shadows fade, making dark basaltic "seas" and bright crater rays easier to study1.
