

It is also referred to as the Sanguine or Blood Moon, "either associated with the blood from hunting or the turning of the leaves in autumn." The Old Farmer’s Almanac notes that Native peoples would give distinctive names to each reoccurring full moon to mark the change of seasons. The hunter moon may have derived its name from the time that people would hunt in preparation for winter. 9, the change in illumination is negligible to our eyes, so it will still appear full. While the moon will begin to move into its waning gibbous phase after Oct. The moon will rise in the east at 6:47 p.m on Oct.


The full moon will appear to rise twice in Vancouver," she notes. "All this to say that it does point to the reason being the equinox and some complicated orbital motions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun. In November, the difference between the rising of the full moon and the moon the next day will be 25 minutes, which is more in line with the 30- to 70-minute range of differences, with the average being 50 minutes, Leacock said. "The difference between the moon rising on and was also 16 minutes," she explained. 10, had the same shortening of time between moon rises that happened before and after the full moon. October isn't the only month that had a short time between rising times, however. "The change in rising times between and is only 16 minutes - which is very short." Metro Vancouver sky-watchers can view rare 'double' full moon "This does cause the full moon on and what appears to be a full moon on both rise shortly after sunset," she said. MacMillan Space Centre, told Vancouver Is Awesome that there is a shorter amount of time between the moon's rising times right now than at the end of the month. September - Fruit Moon (or Harvest Moon) October - Hunters Moon (or Harvest Moon) November - Frosty Moon December - Moon before Yule. The Full Moon for this month will occur in the second week on Saturday, September 10th. Marley Leacock, an astronomer at the H.R. But the moon will appear nearly full in the days leading up to the big night.īut there's a reason that this full moon might appear at its largest for longer. The next full moon following the harvest moon of September 2022 is the October blood moon on Oct. The full "Hunter" moon is slated to be its fullest in Vancouver on Oct. Metro Vancouver stargazers have the chance to bathe under the light of what appears to be a completely full moon a couple of times this week.
