Here you see October’s bright full moon at 4:30 a.m. yesterday. Its extraordinary luminescence is making Great Cove shine and the fall landscape glow. This month’s full moon traditionally is called The Hunter’s Moon, one of its Native American names. It occurred after they harvested the crops (making deer more visible) and when meat was starting to be stored for the winter.
Much of the full moon’s luminescence comes from its Tycho region, the moon’s most dominant reflector that reportedly was named after 16th-century Danish astronomer Tycho (“TIE-coh”) Brahe. The Tycho is a crater impact area in the moon’s southern highlands. It features a central peak, terraced walls, and an array of bright streaks from ejected rock and dust that stretch thousands of miles.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on October 26, 2026.)