Lunar Eclipse

[monroe at mpm.edu]

According to folklore, October's full moon is called the "Hunter's Moon" or
sometimes the "Blood Moon." It gets its name from hunters who tracked and
killed their prey by autumn moonlight, stockpiling food for the winter
ahead. You can picture them: silent figures padding through the forest, the
moon overhead, pale as a corpse, its cold light betraying the creatures of
the wood. 

The Blood Moon rises this year on Wednesday, Oct. 27th. At first it will
seem pale and cold, as usual. And then ... blood red.

It's a lunar eclipse. Beginning at 9:14 p.m. EDT (6:14 p.m. PDT), the moon
will glide through Earth's shadow for more than three hours. Observers on
every continent (map) except Australia can see the event: The pale-white
moon will turn pumpkin orange as it plunges into shadow, becoming eerie red
during totality....

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/13oct_lunareclipse.htm