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No matter where you live, the moon will look round and full Wednesday as it rises in the east around sunset. This is the full Harvest Moon for us in the northern hemisphere.

Every month has a full moon, and all the full moons have names. The Harvest Moon is the name for the full moon closest to the September equinox, which came this year on September 23. This is the first full moon of autumn for us in this hemisphere. For the southern hemisphere, it’s the first full moon of spring.

The crest of the moon’s full phase comes Wednesday at precisely 19:45 Universal Time – that’s 2:24 p.m. in the central U.S. – and it’s the time when, for the entire Earth at once, the moon is most full. But, like all full moons, Wednesday's Harvest Moon will ascend over the eastern horizon at sunset. Moonlight will fill the sky all night long. Farmers of old used the light of the Harvest Moon to gather their crops.

On average, the moon rises 50 minutes later each day. But – around the time of the Harvest Moon each autumn – the moon rises only about 30 minutes later each day. So farmers could continue working in the fields by moonlight. The difference springs from Earth’s tilt on its axis, the orbit of the moon around Earth, and the orbit of Earth around the sun.

Thanks for the reminder Dez! Maybe i can get a good pic of it! The moon was looking pretty big here last night!

I love this time of year......

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancing in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night


Thanks for the tip, Dez!

Thanks!

oooooh I love a full moon. Just as long as it's not a red one (that Revelations thing )

"There's a bathroom on the right..."

Conolulu wrote:"There's a bathroom on the right..."

got it !
And by the way, I'm seriously trying to get the hubby to take me to Nashville to see John Fogerty the day after my birthday, Dec. 5. I made a hotel reservation close to the Ryman auditorium, just in case.

citcat wrote:

Conolulu wrote:"There's a bathroom on the right..."

got it !
And by the way, I'm seriously trying to get the hubby to take me to Nashville to see John Fogerty the day after my birthday, Dec. 5. I made a hotel reservation close to the Ryman auditorium, just in case.

I figured someone would get it..

Sounds like fun re: John Fogerty! I'm sure you'll go....What a nice birthday present...

citcat wrote:And by the way, I'm seriously trying to get the hubby to take me to Nashville to see John Fogerty the day after my birthday, Dec. 5. I made a hotel reservation close to the Ryman auditorium, just in case.

Tell him he won't regret it.
(In more ways than one. )
Seriously, the concert is just one reason for a romantic getaway.
Fogerty puts on an AWESOME show.

citcat wrote:oooooh I love a full moon. Just as long as it's not a red one (that Revelations thing )

And here's why it looks orange.

It is claimed by some that the Harvest Moon seems to be somehow bigger or brighter or yellower in color than other full moons. This is an illusion. The yellow or golden or orangish or reddish color of the moon shortly after it rises is a physical effect, which stems from the fact that, when you see the moon low in the sky, you are looking at it through a greater amount of atmosphere than when the moon is overhead. The atmosphere scatters the bluish component of white moonlight (which is really reflected sunlight) but allows the reddish component of the light to travel a straighter path to your eyes. Hence all moons (and stars and planets) look reddish when they are low in the sky.

Been talking to People all day..
I knew when I drove in it was a full moon..

It surely explains the demenor of the 12 kids I watch everyday. Today they were off the wall!!!!

Conolulu wrote:"There's a bathroom on the right..."

" 'Scuse me, while I kiss this guy"

Dezdmona wrote:No matter where you live, the moon will look round and full Wednesday as it rises in the east around sunset. This is the full Harvest Moon for us in the northern hemisphere.

Every month has a full moon, and all the full moons have names. The Harvest Moon is the name for the full moon closest to the September equinox, which came this year on September 23. This is the first full moon of autumn for us in this hemisphere. For the southern hemisphere, it’s the first full moon of spring.

The crest of the moon’s full phase comes Wednesday at precisely 19:45 Universal Time – that’s 2:24 p.m. in the central U.S. – and it’s the time when, for the entire Earth at once, the moon is most full. But, like all full moons, Wednesday's Harvest Moon will ascend over the eastern horizon at sunset. Moonlight will fill the sky all night long. Farmers of old used the light of the Harvest Moon to gather their crops.

On average, the moon rises 50 minutes later each day. But – around the time of the Harvest Moon each autumn – the moon rises only about 30 minutes later each day. So farmers could continue working in the fields by moonlight. The difference springs from Earth’s tilt on its axis, the orbit of the moon around Earth, and the orbit of Earth around the sun.

Love the Harvest moon, forgot about it, duh. Thanks for the reminder....

We will take a ride and snap some pics .

Did anyone see the Harvest Moon last night?

My son called it a "Pumpkin Moon" because it was large and orange when we looked at it.

I looked, but it wasn't orange

Too cloudy.

It was spectacular in my parts!!

And when I woke up at 3am, it was bright enough to harvest my crops, had I had any.

chippewa wrote:Too cloudy.

LOVE the etch a sketch!!