Daily News | The ‘Hunter’s Moon’ over Philly is full Sunday, and will keep on giving this year
A commercial airliner flies in the foreground the waxing "Super Moon" in July. This should be quite the holiday weekend for lunar connoisseurs.While the so-called Harvest Moon occurred in September, this year lunar connoisseurs in the region should be reaping quite a visual harvest with the October rendition of the full moon.
The moon will reach the instant of fullness at 4:54 p.m. Sunday, and is due to peak above the horizon in its distorted, oversize, amber glory at 6:39, just seven minutes after sunset. That means it will become an impressive, shadow-making night light while most people are still awake.
The origin of label isn’t entirely clear, although it first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary over 300 years ago, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. The Indigenous peoples had an assortment of other names that were related to what they experienced in October, including the Falling Leaves Moon and the Migrating Moon, for the birds taking flight for their overwintering grounds.With its estimated 79 moons, Jupiter reached peak brightness when it made its closest approach to Earth in 59 years last month, and Earth, the sun, and the solar system’s biggest planet were directly aligned.
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