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Harvest Moon
Full Corn Moon or Full Harvest Moon – September This
full moon’s name is attributed to Native Americans because it marked
when corn was supposed to be harvested. Most often, the September full
moon is actually the Harvest Moon, which is the full Moon that occurs
closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest
Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the
peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of
this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later
each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon
seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes
later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of
Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice the
chief Indian staples are now ready for gathering.
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22 comments:
Beautiful harvest moon. I saw it tonight as I exited the movie.
Magnificent photo of the moon.
WOW! Great photo of the moon! (I tried to get photos but mine were mediocre at best.)
What a beautiful shot.
Every full moon has a story! And it is different in different countries!
Great shot!
Fantastic. Looks surreal! Thanks for all the interesting commentary, too. I'm going to go pluck my squash now. Or was it squash my corn? I dunno!
wow! A golden moon.
Absolutely fantastic shot of the Moon and informative post ~ thanks, carol, ^_^
even as a kid in wisconsin, this was one of my favorite full-moon seasons. :)
Boy MB, You could be a teacher! good info. Pretty moon. Nature is amazing.
Like the next post down too, about the Mission. Wonder if there are any books about him?
Nancy JO
Cool moon! It was like day light last night. You couldn't even see any stars! They don't start harvesting corn here until October. Funny.
gorgeous! It didn't have color in it here in Ohio, but I posted my pic, too. Love yours!
What a great capture!!
Breathtaking, and nice to learn a few more details behind the Harvest Moon! (This makes me want to eat those harvest-ready staples this weekend:)
Sure is a beauty.
Beautiful harvest moon! When I was growing up our little church had a harvest supper that coincided with the harvest moon. I always loved that.
Thats a splendid Moon - too much cloud here for decent pictures.
I think the person who was operating the croc puppet may have thought I was a mad man!
Stewart M - Melbourne
Wow - lovely shot!
Very interesting. We were on the back porch watching the moon rise when we caught a ten point buck visiting our apple tree. Love the old mission. Cool info. Thanks and Peace
Great shot and cool information. Farmers are harvesting various winter squashes here now. YUM!
Fabulous shot, MB!
Awesome moon shot!
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