Rare full 'Blue Moon' will light up the night sky on Halloween

Halloween is almost upon us: a time for us all to carve our pumpkins, dress up, and watch some scary movies.

Sadly, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's unlikely that many of us will get the chance to go out trick-or-treating this year.

But if you're disappointed about that, then I have some good news for you that might make this autumnal holiday a little bit more special. That's right, a gorgeous "Blue moon" is due to light up the skies above all our heads this October 31.

Watch this gorgeous footage of a Hunter's Moon rising in the video below:

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According to a report by NASA, October 2020 is a "Blue Moon" month with two full moons occurring in the space of a four-week period, with Harvest Moon having already happened on October 1.

But this "Blue Moon" really is something to be commemorated. That's because the 2020 Halloween full moon is going to be visible from anywhere on the planet, rather than just for parts of it, for the first time since World War II.

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Writing on the subject on his educational site When The Curves Line Up, astronomy educator and former planetarium director Jeffrey Hunt stated:

"The 2020 Halloween Full Moon is visible in North America and South America, and most of the globe, except for regions west of the International Date Line, such as Eastern and Central Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Guam, and eastern Russia.

"The Halloween Full Moon occurs in all time zones eastward from the Prime Meridian through Europe, Africa, Asia, India, Indonesia, Korea, and Japan to western Australia.

"It occurs eastward to GMT+8 hours, with daylight time and GMT+9 hours for countries without daylight time. For regions to the east of these time zones, the Full Moon occurs there during the early morning hours of November 1."

Hunt adds that the moon will be so large and bright and visible during this time, that you won't need any special equipment or technical apparatus to appreciate its splendor. Just waltz out into your back yard, or simply gaze out of the nearest window, and look up. You won't regret it.