LUNAR ECLIPSE

Nature and Science in Northern New Jersey
LUNAR ECLIPSE
Statewide, New Jersey
9:14 PM on Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Statewide
Statewide, New Jersey

On Wednesday night, Oct. 27th, North Americans can see a total eclipse of the moon.

October 13, 2004: According to folklore, October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or sometimes the "Blood Moon." It gets its name from hunters who tracked and killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of the wood.

The Blood Moon rises this year on Wednesday, Oct. 27th. At first it will seem pale and cold, as usual. And then ... blood red.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/13oct_lunareclipse.htm
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