Skywatchers, ghouls and (especially) werewolves take note: The moon will be full this Halloween night across the entire United States.
This is a truly special confluence of spookiness; a Halloween full moon visible for all time zones on Earth hasn't happened since 1944, according to the Farmers' Almanac . It won't happen again until 2039.
But wait, there's more: The Oct. 31 full moon also happens to be a " blue moon ," a designation for the second full moon to occur in a single calendar month. Blue moons are relatively rare as well, occurring on average just once every 2.5 years or so. We last saw one in March 2018.
Not to change the topic here:
The Full Blue Moon on Halloween - The New York Times
The moon remains, perpetually and since antiquity, a source of cultural wonder. Last week, when NASA announced that it would reveal "an exciting new discovery" about the moon in a matter of days, the internet, thirsty for distraction, went wild speculating about it. (It happened to be exciting news for space scientists — water and ice on the moon are more accessible than previously thought — but not the supernatural or extraterrestrial news many yearned for.)
Moon updates have been plentiful this year. In August, scientists reported they had flashed a laser onto a NASA spacecraft that was gliding over the moon's surface at thousands of miles per hour in order to measure distance between our moon and planet. (It worked.) In February, two astronomers discovered a mini-moon orbiting Earth.
What's the bright star next to the moon tonight? It's Mars - Deseret News
Just a couple of days before we are visited by a rare blue moon on Halloween night , two of our closest celestial neighbors will appear side by side in the night sky.
According to Thrillist , the nearly full moon and Mars will appear together in close proximity for the second time this month on the nights of Oct. 28 and 29, and they'll be visible together until approximately 5 a.m. local time.
According to the site, "the moon will appear sitting just southwest of Mars," on Oct. 28 and on Oct. 29 it'll be situated to the southeast of the red planet.
Who can own property on the moon and mars?- The New Indian Express
Reflecting its vintage, the 1967 Outer Space Treaty is primarily about peaceful space exploration and limiting the Cold War there. It didn’t anticipate property rights in space
Published: 31st October 2020 01:16 AM | Last Updated: 31st October 2020 07:21 AM | A+ A A-
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A few months ago, amidst Covid, newspapers in West Bengal carried reports about a man who bought an acre of land on Mars. When he brandished the title deed, the media asked whether he planned to spend his honeymoon (he was about to get married) on the red planet. Those who buy a bottle of Laphroaig also get a title deed, with a lease on one square feet of land in Islay. But Islay is terrestrial, Mars is not.
And here's another article:
October 2020 - Part II: The Next Full Moon is a Halloween Hunter's Moon and "Micro"
The next full Moon will be on the morning of Halloween, Saturday, October 31, 2020, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 10:49 AM EDT. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Thursday night through Sunday night, making this a full Moon weekend.
This will be the Hunter's Moon, the full Moon after the Harvest Moon. According to the Farmer's Almanac, with the leaves falling and the deer fattened, this was the time to hunt. Since the harvesters had reaped the fields, hunters could easily see the animals that have come out to glean (and the foxes that have come out to prey on them). The earliest use of the term "Hunter's Moon" cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1710.
What Is A 'Blue Moon' And When Is The Next One? Halloween's Lunar Curiosity Explained
"Once in a Blue Moon" means this coming Saturday—Halloween. On that date a "Blue Moon" will rise at dusk and set at dawn.
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Just to be awkward, there are actually two different types of "Blue Moon." The most easy-to-understand type happens this Saturday, while the other type is much rarer.
The third full Moon in an astronomical season (the period between an equinox and a solstice, or vice versa) that contains four full Moons. This is the original scientific definition.
Halloween safety tips, trick-or-treat hours, full moon, weather forecast and clock change - nj.com
The lingering coronavirus pandemic, and fears the outbreak will worsen, has taken the fun out of Halloween 2020. But there are some ways to safely celebrate this holiday.
Halloween 2020 will likely go down in the history books as one of the most unusual Halloweens on record, thanks to a wicked force that has disrupted our routines — the coronavirus pandemic.
Yes, the lingering spread of COVID-19, and fears the outbreak will worsen, has sapped some of the fun out of what is normally an enjoyable holiday for kids and adults.
Lunar base: How NASA's moon water discovery could support human habitats
On Monday, agency researchers announced they had detected abundant water on the Moon's surface, trapped in small icy pockets throughout the lunar soil. The signals were detected by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, also known as SOFIA. Taken together, the water is equivalent to a 12-ounce bottle per cubic meter of lunar soil, they estimate.
They also found the first evidence that water exists on the sunlit areas of the Moon, not just at the poles.
Happening on Twitter
A full moon on Halloween? What in the 2020? Full moons on Halloween are incredibly rare — the last time this occurr… https://t.co/Z6LkuJfFSO JoshuaTreeNPS (from California) Fri Oct 30 16:30:29 +0000 2020
A rare "blue moon" will light up the Halloween night sky https://t.co/TpPCSKlcKW CBSNews (from New York, NY) Fri Oct 30 00:19:46 +0000 2020
Rare Halloween 'Blue Moon' is a spooky treat for us all https://t.co/I3rwsyngqs TheRealBuzz Fri Oct 30 20:17:11 +0000 2020
On Halloween night, October 31, Filipinos will have the chance to see the rare "Blue Moon" — if Typhoon Rolly will… https://t.co/V9RXczO70R gmanews (from Philippines) Fri Oct 30 16:45:00 +0000 2020
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