Super moon has appeared

The night sky seems to treat quite well with astronomers from all over the world. The emergence of beautiful fire circles in Africa, total eclipse and the unique black moon are extremely special phenomena and certainly no one wants to miss.

Because of the combination of the Moon Hunter (Hunter's Moon) and the Super Moon on the night of October 15-16 in the Northern Hemisphere, we will have the opportunity to see the huge Moon with the orange halo in the night sky.

There are many names that the Moon can distract you like the blood moon, the blue moon, the black moon and some other names. But keep in mind, when Moon Hunter appears, the colors will be amazingly beautiful and strange.

Sometimes we call the Blood Moon because no one can decide only one definition for all fancy names, Moon The Moon appears sooner in the evening than usual, creating a gap. shorter between sunset and moon.

Let's watch the Super Moon this weekend.(photo: Doug Priebe / Shutterstock.com).

Matt Williams explained to the Universe Today that the Moon usually grows 50 minutes later each day but the Moon Hunter is only 30-35 minutes later, emitting more light during the transition from night to day.

According to legend, hunters and farmers need lots of light from the Moon to work, so the name Moon Hunter was born from here.

The reason the Moon rises earlier is because the Moon's orbit creates a narrow angle with the horizon in the evening at the time of the fall, lasting from late September to early December in the Northern Hemisphere and mid-month. Three and April in the southern hemisphere.

So why does the Moon look orange-red?

In fact, the Moon Hunter is just a full moon as usual, so it is technically no bigger, brighter or more colorful than any other full moon. But a really interesting illusion will make the Moon appear that way in the night sky.

According to EarthSky's Deborah Byrd report, the Moon's position is too close to the horizon making it look bigger and orange: "The moon's orange color near the horizon is an effect. It comes from the fact that when you look towards the horizon, you are looking through a very thick and large layer of the Earth's atmosphere rather than just looking up at the sky.

The atmosphere scatters blue light, which is why the sky looks blue. The thickness and largeness of the atmosphere in the horizon direction will scatter the blue light most effectively, but then you get red light with the naked eye. Therefore, a full Moon near the horizon or any other full Moon will be yellow, orange or red. "

With a position near the horizon, the Moon Hunter will tend to create bigger illusions than the normal moon and this weekend, the moon will be even bigger by the super-polymerization event.

With the location near the horizon, the Moon Hunter will tend to create bigger illusions than the normal moon.

Technically, the Super Moon will appear when the Moon is at the closest distance to the Earth in its oval orbit. This led to the phenomenon of the Moon appearing with a larger shape than usual in the night sky:

Here is a comparison:

This full moon this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere will be one of three full-scale Super Moon this year.

To watch, just follow Earthsky's great instructions:

"The time for the full moon this time and every full moon changes with the time zone. According to the London time zone, the Moon will circle at 5:23 am on the day of summer time on October 16, when the Moon will shine. shining in the night sky in the west.

According to the United States time zone, the Moon is full at 12:23 am Eastern daylight hours on October 16. On October 15, the full moon appeared at 12:23 am in the central night hours, 22:23 in the evening hours of the day of the mountains (MDT - Mountain Daylight Time) and at 9:23 pm on the Pacific day. "

Please mark your calendar to see this extremely interesting phenomenon.