Best seen: moonrise on Thursday, October 17 and Friday, October 18 If you have to pick a one full moon to see this year at moonrise, make it this one. The “Hunter’s Moon”—also known as the “Falling Leaves Moon” and the “Blood Moon”—will be the third and largest, closest “supermoon” full moon of the year. The Hunter's Moon gets its name as it is a time when game is fattened and hunted, providing a good supply of meat for the winter in the northern hemisphere.