The harvest moon peaks on the evening of September 12th and will be in its fullest at exactly 5:27am EDT on Monday, the 13th.Why Harvest Moon? (via Wikipedia)
All full moons rise around the time of sunset. In general the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day. As it moves in orbit around Earth, the Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon are special because, around the time of these full moons, the time difference between moonrise on successive evenings is shorter than usual. This means that the moon rises approximately 30 minutes later from one night to the next, as seen from about 40 degrees N. or S. latitude. Thus, there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise around the time following these full moons. In times past this feature of these autumn moons was said to help farmers working to bring in their crops (or, in the case of the Hunter's Moon, hunters tracking their prey). They could continue being productive by moonlight even after the sun had set. Hence, the name Harvest Moon.
Photo (above): Harvest Moon by Sky Noir, on Flickr
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| Tonight's Moon by ash2276, on Flickr |
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