Why? Tonight's Micromoon will also be a harvest moon, or a full moon visible close to the autumnal equinox —usually on September 22 or 23. I haven't seen this in a while. Usually, throughout the year, the Moon rises an average of about 50 minutes later each day. Opening my back door I noticed the moon positioned in the northeast with a powerful illuminiation.
This festival is celebrated with joyful games and the eating of “Mooncakes.”I remember vividly being invited to one such celebration and singing songs and playing my guitar to a circle of friendly faces in the light of the rising Harvest Moon.Ever notice that the low-hanging Moon looks especially big near the horizon? The section of the zodiac band in which the full Moon travels around the start of autumn is the section that forms the most shallow angle with the eastern horizon.
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The Harvest Moon 2019 is coming up (Image: Getty) What is a Harvest Moon? For Chinese people everywhere, this full Moon is the occasion for the Festival of the August Moon (the “August” is through a calendar discrepancy) or Mid-Autumn Festival (in some cultures, the equinoxes and solstices have been considered the middle of the seasons). Because the Moon’s orbit on successive nights is more nearly parallel to the horizon at that time, its relationship to the eastern horizon does not change appreciably, and the Earth does not have to turn as far to bring up the Moon.The Moon may rise as little as 23 minutes later on several nights before and after the full Harvest Moon (at about 42 degrees north latitude), which means extra light at peak harvest time near autumn. This varies with latitude, for the farther north you are, the shallower the angle of the zodiac is with respect to your horizon. SO, this is a moon of great promise, great fate and fear and all hope. The Harvest Moon will arrive this week just nine days before this year’s astronomical start of autumn. For several days bracketing the full Moon nearest the Here is another way of expressing what happens with the Harvest Moon: It is in this part of the zodiac that the Moon’s eastward (orbital) motion has its largest northward component. Instead, I shall pray as ask God to release blessings, miracles, and healings categorically into my life. At any one moonrise, the Moon occupies a particular place on the celestial sphere (the great dome of the heavens), but when the Earth turns toward that point 24 hours later, the Moon has moved off to the east about 12 degrees, and it takes an average of 50 minutes longer for the Earth to rotate toward the Moon and for the Moon thus to “rise.” Think of it as a giant Slinky in which each loop, representing one lunar orbit of the Earth, advances the orbit a bit farther along the spiral path.But around the date of the Harvest Moon, the Moon rises about the same time. But near the autumnal equinox, the difference is only 30 minutes.Additionally, the Full Harvest Moon rises at sunset and then will rise very near sunset for several nights in a row because the difference is at a yearly minimum. for harvesting crops. (Warning: Scientific explanation below!) This results in an There are just a little over 12 complete Moon cycles every year, on average (there being about 29.53 days in a synodic month). I had never heard of the Harvest Moon, but I was instructed to make a wish and several wishes. The Harvest Moon isn’t like the other Moons. The Harvest Moon is unique among the 12 full phases of the Moon because it rises around the time of sunset. !Submitted by Peter Zeegers on March 18, 2017 - 4:57amObviously only talking about the northern half of the EarthSubmitted by James Gerard Mc... on September 5, 2016 - 4:57pmCan you write this stuff so idiots like me can understand?Submitted by elfriede schmid on October 5, 2017 - 5:47amhi james, you are absolutely right, i wish i could understand it, it sounds very interesting.