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| Hunter’s Moon collage from EarthSky Facebook friend Kausor Khan in
Hyberabad, India. Notice that she choose reddish moons to depict the
Hunter’s Moon. That’s because many people see the Hunter’s Moon low in
the sky, and moons seen low in the sky appear reddish. In 2013, the
Hunter’s Moon – sometimes called the Blood Moon – came in mid-October.
We have been receiving a number of inquiries about some upcoming Blood Moons in the years 2014 and 2015. And we want to say, first of all, that the Blood Moons most people are asking about are not part of astronomy. Instead, their origin is religious, at least according to Christian pastor John Hagee, who wrote a 2013 book about Blood Moons. Still, since they’re moons, and since people are asking us, we wanted to reply.
Follow the links below to learn more about Blood Moons.
Blood Moons in astronomy
Dates of Harvest and Hunter’s Moons in 2014 and 2015
Blood Moons in Biblical prophecy
Dates of Biblical prophecy Blood Moons in 2014 and 2015
How common is a tetrad of total lunar eclipses?
Why is the term Blood Moon being used to mean a full moon of a lunar tetrad?
- EarthSky
