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October Full Moon Oct 27, 2015

This full moon is at 3 degrees Taurus, at 8:05 AM.with only 3 days to go until Halloween! That means a waning moon ("shrinking" or decreasing in illumination) will light All Hallows Eve.

October full moon names are: Harvest Moon, Hunter's Moon, Kindly Moon, Blackberry Moon, Raven Moon, and Moon when quilting and beading is done. Go here for a complete list of full moon names and the cultures that named them. Learn more about the Full Moon Names,  Moon Phases and Moon Facts at Planetpals!

A Super Blood Moon To Color The Autumn Sky

It's another phase of the moon again Pals!

This moon will appear 14 times larger. 

There is a total eclipse of the moon on the night of September 27-28, 2015. According to Nasa: On the night of Sept. 27 and into the early hours of Sept. 28, the full Moon will glide through the shadow of Earth, turning the Harvest Moon a golden-red color akin to autumn leaves.

The action begins at 9:07 PM Eastern Time on the evening of Sept 27th when the edge of the Moon first enters the amber core of Earth’s shadow.  For the next three hours and 18 minutes, Earth's shadow will move across the lunar disk.

Totality begins at 10:11 PM Eastern Time.  That’s when the Moon is completely enveloped by the shadow of our planet.  Totality lasts for an hour and 12 minutes so there is plenty of time to soak up the suddenly-red moonlight.

You won't see this Supermoon again until 2033!

Happy February Full Moon

Happy Full Moon Pals!

February full moon names are: Trappers Moon, Budding Moon, Bony Moon, Little Famine Moon, Storm Moon, Snow Moon, Ice Moon, Raccoon Moon and the Moon When Trees Pop. Go here for a complete list of full moon names.

This Month's Full Moon is February 3 11.09pm UT ~ 14º 47’ Leo  

Feb 2015 Moon Phase Dates

All dates and times are ET. 

	Full Moon: February 3, 6:09 P.M.
	Last Quarter: February 11, 10:50 P.M.
	New Moon: February 18, 6:47 P.M.
	First Quarter: January 25, 12:14 P.M.	©Farmers almanac

Go here for a complete list of Moon Phases

Is It A Super Moon?
No, but February's new moon is!  

According to Earthsky.org y that definition, the year 2015 has a total of six supermoons. The first supermoon, for 2015, will come with the January 20 new moon. The new moons on February 18 and March 20 will also be supermoons. The full moons of August, September and October will be supermoons, too, by Nolle’s definition. Thus, the full moon supermoons – aka near-perigee full moons – in 2015:

Full moon of August 29 at 18:35 UTC

Full moon of September 28 at 2:50 UTC

Full moon of October 27 at 12:05 UTC 

The full moon on September 28, 2015, will present the closest supermoon of the year (356,896 kilometers or 221,754 miles). What’s more, this September 28, 2015 full moon will stage a total lunar eclipse, concluding a series of Blood Moon eclipses that started with the total lunar eclipse of April 15, 2014.