![]() ![]() ![]() This is a traditional celebration of the Moon and is also called the Kaumudi celebration, Kaumudi meaning moonlight. The rainy season is over and the brightness of the full Moon brings special joy. This full Moon is also Sharad Purnima or Kojaagari Purnima, a harvest festival celebrated on the full Moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin. The earliest use of the term "Hunter's Moon" cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1710.Īs the early Fall Moon or first full Moon after the Autumnal Equinox, this full Moon is also called the Travel Moon, Dying Grass Moon, and the Sanguine or Blood Moon. Since the harvesters have reaped the fields, hunters can easily see the animals that have come out to glean (and the foxes that have come out to prey on them). According to the Farmer's Almanac, with the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. ![]() This is the Hunter's Moon, the full Moon after the Harvest Moon. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Friday evening through Monday morning, making this a full Moon weekend. The next full Moon will be just after midnight on Sunday morning, October 16, 2016, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 12:23 AM EDT, right in the middle of the weekend. ![]()
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