Posted on 10/05/2017 4:32:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin
What makes it “harvest”: It’s the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.
The reason the moon has been looking so big this week is that it’s rising around sunset. The bright moon comes up in a twilight sky, and at a time when more people are likely to take notice of it near the horizon....
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On average, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each night — so if it rose at, say, 6 p.m. on Tuesday, it would rise at 6:50 on Wednesday. But around the equinox, because of the position of the moon in relation to the earth, the gap squeezes down to about 35 minutes.
The result is a few consecutive evenings of moons in their most noticeable mode: at or near the full phase, and rising around sunset.
In the skies above San Jose, the moon will rise Thursday at 7:09 p.m., 25 minutes after sunset.
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Completely overcast here tonight in southern Wisconsin. :(
Thing is flipping huge down here in central Texas.
It’s Chinese Moon Festival. I think it was yesterday.
The Harvest Moon.
I love my trees but it means I seldom see an actual moonrise or a sunrise, unless it’s the dead of winter and the trees are totally bare. Sunset, there’s a small clearing so I can see that. I’m out there with the dog whenever I can during sunset.
Same here in Chicago! And I was looking forward to this one...
That big, fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon.
But we’re gonna let it.
You won’t regret it.
Cloud cover in S Jersey.
Saw it low in the sky around 6:30 PM in California yesterday, was in awe.
There IS a Super Moon later in the year. Maybe we can catch that? I’m still looking to the sky...there MAY be a break in the clouds...you never know! ;)
A few weeks back, we had a perfectly clear night, and Beau and I could see The Milky Way from our front porch. Of course, we live WAY out in the Boonies and have NO light pollution whatsoever. Some nights, it’s nearly claustrophobic, the stars seem so close. Makes you feel totally insignificant in The Grand Scheme of Things, as it should!
Life Is Good. :)
All the clowning and burlesquing aside, that tune (not the words) sounds very much the kind of hymns we’d sing at church when I was a child.
If the evening is cool and crisp, it will just boom in on you as the well known harvest moon. Take a moment to look up tonight (full moon) and marvel at God’s creation.
It was foggy and slightly cloudy last night but I could tell something was bright in the sky. Might get a glimpse tonight.
Agreed!
I saw it tonight - huge & gorgeous!
I’ll see it at 35,000ft heading back to Denver.
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