Rare Night: Full Harvest Moon this Friday the 13th and an Unusual Micromoon

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The full harvest moon illuminating the eastern sky Friday the 13th hasn't happened in almost 20 years. It most recently occurred on Oct. 13, 2000, and won’t again until Aug. 13, 2049, the Farmers Almanac reported.

This month's full moon is also an unusually small full moon: On Friday, the moon reaches "apogee," the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, hence the "micromoon" nickname, Astronomy magazine reports. It will appear 14% smaller. The opposite affect of the "Supermoon" when the moon is as close as it can get.

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Thanks Mike
(I couldn't find the credits for it nor the one below though)

Anyone, please feel free to post favorite full moon shots, music,
poetry, thoughts, or whatever inspiration the Harvest Moon brings you.
The unusual Micromoon won't look as big as this one.

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I'm sorry Ken. My thoughts will be with you on friday. It's okay to be sad but it's my hope for you that this thread may bring you a little joy with a few thoughts of harvest time blessings and joys of the upcoming season of Autumn as well.

The name "Harvest Moon" came about because many crops ripen all at once in late summer and early autumn, so farmers found themselves extremely busy at this time of year, according to NASA. They had to work after sundown. Moonlight became an essential part of farming and, thus, the harvest moon was born.

"God created the Moon, the Sun, and the Stars to serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth. And it was so."

 
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Lara said:
The full harvest moon illuminating the eastern sky Friday the 13th hasn't happened in almost 20 years. It most recently occurred on Oct. 13, 2000, and won’t again until Aug. 13, 2049, the Farmers Almanac reported.

This month's full moon is also an unusually small full moon: On Friday, the moon reaches "apogee," the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, hence the "micromoon" nickname, Astronomy magazine reports. It will appear 14% smaller. The opposite affect of the "Supermoon" when the moon is as close as it can get.
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Thanks for that information Lara. That's very interesting. .. I love watching the moon in the evenings from my patio.
 
In our Games topic, under the thread Picture Words, there is an incredible moon picture. I tried to copy and paste it here, but couldn't manage to do it. It's worth a trip over to the Games to see it.

I don't know if it's a real picture, or the result of some fancy editing.
 
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What a shot!!
My daughter just sent me a shot she took with her phone and she didn't even realize it was the Harvest Moon!!
 
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1935 "Shine on Harvest Moon"

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Thanks, Lara. I have fond memories of this song from my childhood. My mom played piano in a local orchestra and this was one of the favorites that they used to play, back in the late 30's. They would practice at our home on occasion and this was one of the songs that they included in their programs. I was all of 5 or 6 at the time.
 
I can only imagine what it would have been like to grow up in a house full of music. I can tell you realize what a blessing that was. Thank you for posting 🙂
 
PopsnTuff said:
Saw it thru shades of clouds...didnt look like anything spectacular since I enjoy viewing the moon at nite whenever its visible.....the stars too 🌛💫✨
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When living at the cabin, up in the hills, that moon played a huge roll in beguiling this ol' soul
It's rays, filtered thru the pines, gave off a somewhat eerie sense in my innermost being
The refrain of the coyotes said it best

And the stars...whoa
They shown so, of a moonless night
Even I could pick out constellations
I do miss that
 
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