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elleng

(130,761 posts)
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 05:27 PM Sep 2020

2020's Harvest Moon is tomorrow night!

This bright Moon rises soon after sunset. Just when the farmer runs out of sunlight to finish harvesting crops, the full Harvest Moon shines down with extra light! The name stuck—even if the tradition hasn’t. Read more about the Harvest Moon: Almanac.com/moon-october
https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-october?

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2020's Harvest Moon is tomorrow night! (Original Post) elleng Sep 2020 OP
And the night after, on Oct 2, the moon and Mars are very close together progree Sep 2020 #1
Thank you for the reminder! niyad Sep 2020 #2
I watched it set this morning, it was very bright. 2naSalit Sep 2020 #3
Harvest Moon! MontanaMama Sep 2020 #4
AHA! ONCE in a BLUE MOON! elleng Sep 2020 #5
It seems very fortuitous to me. MontanaMama Sep 2020 #6
Good to hear! elleng Sep 2020 #7

progree

(10,894 posts)
1. And the night after, on Oct 2, the moon and Mars are very close together
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 05:42 PM
Sep 2020

and as this thread describes, Mars is getting super-bright, so is a show by itself.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/122871843

Mars is lighting up the night sky as the planet heads toward an unusually close approach to Earth on Oct. 6.

etc. etc.

plus how to see a map of the sky at one's location at a time one selects.

MontanaMama

(23,296 posts)
4. Harvest Moon!
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 06:32 PM
Sep 2020

Some refer to it as the Hunter’s Moon. I’m looking forward to two full moons this month.

elleng

(130,761 posts)
5. AHA! ONCE in a BLUE MOON!
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 06:34 PM
Sep 2020

October 31, 2020
According to folklore, the next Blue Moon will come on October 31, 2020. It'll be called a Blue Moon because it'll be the 2nd of 2 full moons in a single calendar month.

HALLOWEEN, JUST before election!

MontanaMama

(23,296 posts)
6. It seems very fortuitous to me.
Wed Sep 30, 2020, 06:36 PM
Sep 2020

Halloween’s my favorite holiday and to have a blue moon on that day with the election so close...wow!

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