The October full Moon lit up skies around the world this weekend. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.
Full Moons throughout the year have traditionally been given names that reflect what is going on in nature. This particular full moon is known by several names, including the Hunter's Moon, a name rooted in historical traditions in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Hunter's Moon is known to sit in the sky for a particularly long time - similar to the preceding Harvest Moon - giving hunters extra light in the skies.
Below are images captured by photographers around the world:
- 01A good view for the passengers of this plane flying over San Francisco Bay in California, US (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images).
- 02The Hunter's Moon over Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire, UK (BBC / BBC Weather Watcher Sam's House).
- 03An autumn glow as the Hunter's Moon rises behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan in New York City, US (Gary Hershorn / Getty Images).
- 04The Moon can take on an orange or reddish hue when it is low in the sky due to the scattering of short wavelength blue light as it passes through a large depth of the atmosphere, as shown here as it rises behind the Basilica of the Madonna dei Martiri in Molfetta, Italy (Davide Pischettola / NurPhoto via Getty Images).
- 05A view of the moon from Kimmeridge in Dorset, UK (BBC / BBC Weather Watcher Moxley).
- 06The full moon glowing a beautiful burnt orange over the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey (Salih Zeki Fazlioglu / Anadolu via Getty Images).
- 07A clear view of the Moon in Felixstowe, Suffolk (BBC / BBC Weather Watcher Squiz).
- 08Moonrise in Baghdad's Firdous Square, Iraq (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP via Getty Images).
- 09The Hunter's Moon setting in San Francisco, California, US (Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images).