October 2020 Will Feature 2 Full Moons, Including a Rare ‘Blue Moon’ on Halloween Night

October's first full moon is the Harvest Moon on October 1, and the second full moon will occur on October 31. That's right: a full moon on Halloween. Courtesy of NASA

So far, the year 2020 has been unusual to say the least. That 2020 will welcome 13 full moons in total makes it even stranger.

And October is the lucky month that lays claim to two of these lunar events—the second full moon in a month is called a “blue moon.”