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This year (2014) the Blood Moon - Tetrad will be starting in April.  It will be interesting to see how the blood moons will take part in the scheme of history. All the full moons have names.  The names typically coincide with months of the year, or seasons. One of the most famous moon names is the Hunter's Moon.  It is the full moon  immediately following the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon occurring most closely to the autumnal equinox.   The Hunter’s Moon, in skylore, is also sometimes called the Blood Moon. Why? Probably because it’s a characteristic of these autumn full moons that they appear nearly full – and rise soon after sunset – for several evenings in a row. Many people see them when they are low in the sky, shortly after they’ve risen, at which time there’s more atmosphere between you and the moon than when the moon is overhead. When you see the moon low in the sky, the extra air between you and the moon makes the moon look r...

Early risers will have a great opportunity to watch how the moon moves rapidly across the sky this week. To see the quick movement of the moon , observers need a set of bright markers across the sky, exactly the kind of signposts in the night sky this week. Two bright stars and three bright planets mark the moon’s path across the sky. Let’s start by looking for the moon tonight (Jan. 22). Many people are surprised that the moon cannot always be seen in the sky, and this evening is an example of that. In most places tonight the moon will not rise until after midnight. Watch for it rising slowly above the eastern horizon. Most of the motion you see the moon make in a single night is due to Earth's rotation. The moon is also moving across the background of the stars, but too slowly to be seen with the naked eye. Once the moon clears the horizon, look carefully around it. You should see a bright star, Spica, just below it, and a reddish object above and to its left. Th...

Recent scientific discoveries have proven the moon may be hollow.  This video is an indepth look at how this might be possible.