Full Moons Will Light Up the New York Sky in October – NBC New York (47)

NEW YORK – The October celestial calendar will give New Yorkers plenty of reasons to look up and admire the sky.

From full moons to meteor showers, here’s a list of what to expect, weather permitting.

Jupiter and Saturn

The giant planets Jupiter and Saturn will be visible in the sky throughout the month of October. Sky watchers can capture them at sunset by moving west with the stars, forming a triangle with the bright star Fomalhaut.

“By looking at these three, you can see how the planets glow with constant light as the stars flicker,” NASA said. “This can be an easy way to tell if what you are looking at is a planet or a star.”

Full moon of Hunter o Hunter’s full moon

The next full moon that New Yorkers will be able to see is the Hunter’s Moon, which will shine brightly on Sunday, October 9th.

The Hunter’s Moon is also known as the Travel Moon or the Dying Grass Moon, in which Native Americans associated the changing color of leaves and plant wilt with the onset of autumn.

Draconic meteor shower

The Draconid or Draconid meteor shower will peak around this Saturday 8 October and Sunday 9 October and is best observed at night. Unfortunately, Hunter’s full moon on Sunday could eclipse the faintest meteors streak across the sky.

The draconids are seen as Earth passes through chunks of ice and rock debris left behind by Comet 21P / Giacobini-Zinner as it blasts through space.

Orionid meteor shower

Created from dust left behind by Halley’s Comet, the Orionid meteor shower is active throughout the month, but will peak on October 20.

NASA says rain will produce 10 to 20 meteors per hour at its peak, and no equipment is needed to observe meteor showers.

the new moon

To conclude the month of celestial events, a New Moon will peak on October 25th.

A new moon is the opposite of a full moon, where we see the darker side of the moon that is not illuminated by the sun, making it appear camouflaged in the night sky.

This event allows the stars to shine brighter without much moonlight interrupting their brightness.