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Wildlife, seasonal changes, weather and sky events near you.
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Hunter’s Moon
Monday 26 October · date in UTC
Look east around sunset for the moonrise.
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The field guide
- RainbowsSun behind you, rain in front, and a bow of colour in between.
- Meteor showersA few nights a year, the sky throws shooting stars on schedule.
- The northern lightsCurtains of green and pink when the sun’s weather reaches us.
- Sunsets and golden hourThe daily show. Some nights the clouds turn it into fireworks.
- The full moonOnce a month it rises orange at sunset, right on cue.
- EclipsesWhen the sun, Earth and moon line up exactly.
- First bloomsThe first flowers of spring, arriving earlier or later each year.
- Autumn colourA few weeks when the trees go gold, red and orange.
- FrostThe first cold, clear morning that turns every leaf silver.
- Morning fogValleys and rivers filled with cloud at first light.
- Solstices and equinoxesThe four turning points of the year.