Harvest Moon Tonight! Two Full Moons In October, Rare Blue Moon on Halloween
As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, this October will see not one, but two full moons – and the second falls on Halloween.October’s first full moon will be on Oct. 1 and will be the harvest moon, which is the name given to the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. Typically, the full harvest moon occurs in September, but the Sept. 2 full moon this year was too early to make the cut. Last year’s harvest moon occurred on Friday, Sept. 13.The harvest moon got its name from the practice of harvesting crops under the light of the full moon, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. During the harves...