Pictures: Full corn moon for some, total blood moon lunar eclipse for others

Pictures: Full corn moon for some, total blood moon lunar eclipse for others

The last full moon of summer rose in the northern hemisphere Sunday night and parts of the world were treated to a total lunar eclipse often called a blood moon.

While North America wasn’t in for the treat that turned the moon a deep reddish color, parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia enjoyed the show as the sun, moon and Earth lined up so the planet’s shadow caused a crescent to drape across the moon.

When fully shrouded from the sun, the color spectrum’s reddish hues reflected off the moon causing the unique glow.

The phenomenon is often called a blood moon.

The eclipse technically happened on Sunday afternoon in the eastern time zone of the U.S., so the corn moon that rose later over the country was a bloodless one.

The source of the moon’s name for late summer comes from the time of year to harvest corn in the northern U.S., according to the Farmer’s Almanac.

“For this reason, a number of Native American peoples traditionally used some variation of the name “Corn Moon” to refer to the Moon of either August or September,” according to its website.

It noted the Western Abenaki would call it the Corn Maker Moon while the Dakota would call it the Corn Harvest Moon.

Alternatives include the Cree ‘s Autumn Moon, Ojibwe’s Falling Leaves Moon and the Lakota’s Moon of Brown Leaves, among others.

The next full moon, known as the full Harvest Moon, will reach peak illumination at 11:47 p.m. EDT on Monday, Oct. 6, according to the almanac.

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