Monday, October 09, 2006
The Harvest Moon
The harvest moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the date of the autumn equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Some people claim that the harvest moon shines brighter and more golden than duringnormal full moons. However, since the time between moonrises on successive nights shorter in autumn than at any other time of year, there is very little darkness between sunset and moonrise.
The continuance of the moonlight after sunset is useful to farmers in northern latitudes,who are then harvesting their crops. The full moon following the harvest moon, which exhibitsthe same phenomena in a lesser degree, is called the hunter's moon. A similar phenomenonto the harvest moon is observed in southern latitudes at the spring equinox on about March 21.
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