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Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois
Graffand
Explanation:
Famed in festival, story, and song the best known full moon is
the
Harvest Moon.
For northern hemisphere dwellers that's a traditional name of the
closest full moon to the September equinox.
In most North America time zones
this
year's Harvest Moon
will officially rise on Friday, September 13.
In fact the same Harvest Moon will rise on September 14
for much of the planet though.
Of course the Moon will look almost full in the surrounding days.
Regardless of your time zone the Harvest Moon,
like any other full moon, will rise just opposite the setting Sun.
Near the horizon, the
Moon
Illusion might make it
appear bigger and brighter to you
but this Harvest Moon will be near
lunar apogee.
That's the closest point in its orbit, making it the most distant,
and so the smallest, full moon of the year.
On August 15 a wheat field harvested in south central France
made this
a harvest moon
scene too, the
full
moon shining on
with beautiful iridescent clouds at sunset.
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