The full moon of October, called the Hunter's Moon, will grace the skies on Oct. 6 at 11:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0347 GMT), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, a day after making a close approach to Saturn.
When we see a full moon, it is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun; the two bodies are separated by 180 degrees. From Earth, we see the moon fully illuminated, reflecting the sun's light. If one were standing on the moon somewhere near the center of its disk as seen from Earth, the sun would be directly overhead.
