Full Harvest Moon The Harvest

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Full Harvest Moon The Harvest

Time: October 7, 2014 to October 9, 2014
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Event Type: full, moon
Organized By: The Universe
Latest Activity: Nov 15, 2013

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Full Harvest Moon The Harvest Moon is the full Moon nearest the autumnal equinox and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest chores
Full Moon – Oct 18, 2013 – 10:51:42 (UMT)

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Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on November 15, 2013 at 9:11pm

The narrow angle of the ecliptic means the moon rises noticeably farther north on the horizon, from one night to the next. So there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise. Image via classicalastronomy.com.

What makes a Hunter’s Moon special? Hunter’s Moon is just a name. It’s the name for the full moon after the Harvest Moon, which is the full moon nearest theautumnal equinox. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon sometimes falls in September and sometimes falls in October. So the Hunter’s Moon sometimes falls in October and sometimes in November.

But the Hunter’s Moon is also more than just a name. Nature is particularly cooperative around the time of the autumn equinox to make the full moonrises unique around this time.

Here’s what happens. On average, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day. But when a full moon happens close to the autumnal equinox – either a Harvest or a Hunter’s Moon – the moon (at mid-temperate latitudes) rises only about 30 to 35 minutes later daily for several days before and after the full moon.

Why? The reason is that the ecliptic – or the moon’s orbital path – makes a narrow angle with the evening horizon around the time of the autumn equinox. The narrow angle of the ecliptic results in a shorter-than-usual rising time between successive moonrises around the full Hunter’s Moon.

These early evening moonrises are what make every Hunter’s Moon special. Every full moon rises around sunset. After the full Hunter’s Moon, you’ll see the moon ascending in the east relatively soon after sunset for a few days in a row at northerly latitudes.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on November 15, 2013 at 9:11pm

Is the Hunter’s Moon bigger, or brighter or more colorful? The Hunter’s Moon is just an ordinary full moon. It isn’t really bigger or brighter or more colorful than any other full moon. But you might think that it is. Why?

It’s true that, in some months, the full moon is closer to us in orbit than others and so truly appears bigger. But the distance of the full moon depends on where the moon is in its orbit. There’s no correlation between each year’s Harvest or Hunter’s Moon and the moon’s location in orbit (the actual full moon size). It’s different every year. The 2013 Hunter’s Moon is pretty close to an average-sized full moon. The biggest full moon for 2013 fell in June. Nowadays, people call these close full moons a supermoon.

Still, you might think the Hunter’s Moon looks bigger or brighter or more orange. That’s because the Hunter’s Moon has \ a powerful mystique. Many people look for it shortly after sunset around the time of full moon. After sunset around any full moon, the moon will always be near the horizon. It’ll just have risen. It’s the location of the moon near the horizon that causes the Hunter’s Moon – or any full moon – to look big and orange in color.

The orange color of a moon near the horizon is a true physical effect. It stems from the fact that – when you look toward the horizon – you are looking through a greater thickness of Earth’s atmosphere than when you gaze up and overhead. The atmosphere scatters blue light – that’s why the sky looks blue. The greater thickness of atmosphere in the direction of a horizon scatters blue light most effectively, but it lets red light pass through to your eyes. So a moon near the horizon takes on a yellow or orange or reddish hue.

The bigger-than-usual size of a moon seen near the horizon is something else entirely. It’s a trick that your eyes are playing – an illusion – called the Moon Illusion. You can find lengthy explanations of the Moon Illusion by googling those words yourself.

Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on November 15, 2013 at 9:10pm

How did the Hunter’s Moon get its name? Why is this moon called the Hunter’s Moon?

The shorter-than-usual time between moonrises around the full Harvest and Hunter’s Moons means no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise for days in succession. In the days before tractor lights, the lamp of the Harvest Moon helped farmers to gather their crops, despite the diminishing daylight hours. As the sun’s light faded in the west, the moon would soon rise in the east to illuminate the fields throughout the night. A month later, after the harvest was done, the full Hunter’s Moon was said to illuminate the prey of hunters, scooting along in the stubble left behind in the fields.

Who named the Harvest and Hunter’s Moon? Those names probably sprang to the lips of farmers and others throughout the Northern Hemisphere, on autumn evenings, at times of the full moon.

When is the Southern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon? For the Southern Hemisphere, the autumn equinox falls in March. So the Southern Hemisphere always has full moons with the same characteristics as our Harvest and Hunter’s Moons – rising shortly after sunset for several nights in a row – in March, April or May.

Bottom line: The Hunter’s Moon for the Northern Hemisphere in 2013 comes on the night of October 18-19. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, which in 2013 comes on September 22. The Hunter’s Moon is the full moon after the Harvest Moon. There will be a subtle kind of eclipse – called a penumbral eclipse – on the night of the 2013 Hunter’s Moon. Learn the lore of the Hunter’s Moon – and what to look for – here.

Source: http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-kno...

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