5 stunning supermoon photos of the Hunter's moon in October 2024
Charles Curtis
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The Waxing Gibbous moon rises behind the dome of a mosque in Doha on October 16, 2024. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2178032574
Now? It’s time to look at what’s called a hunter's moon, one that’s a supermoon that popped up this week at night all over the world. The origin of the name comes from the time when hunters were getting meat to store in the winter, and this is a supermoon because the moon was close to Earth. Got all that?
That’s good. Because we’ve got some beautiful images to get to from the supermoon of October 2024. Here they are:
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TOPSHOT - The moon rises as cranes migrate to their resting places near Linum, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on October 16, 2024. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP) (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2178039746
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TOPSHOT - A super moon rises behind people standing on a headland near Sydney's Bondi Beach on October 17, 2024. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: 2178136418
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: A general view of the moon rising above the stadium before Game Three of the National League Championship Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets at Citi Field on October 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 776224029 ORIG FILE ID: 2178787182
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LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 16: The Hunter's Supermoon rises on October 16, 2024 near Lancaster, California. The Hunter’s Moon is the largest and brightest of four supermoons this year, reaching its nearest distance to the Earth at around 222,055 miles away. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** ORG XMIT: 776226293 ORIG FILE ID: 2178810330
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