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Harvest Moon |
.jpg) Harvest Moon with Planets 2022 |
.jpg) Harvest Moon & Statue of Liberty 2022 |
.jpg) Harvest Moon with Plants 2022 |
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Native Americans call September's Full Moon "Harvest Moon" since farmers gather crops at this time. In Joseph Bruchac's "13 Moons on a Turtle's Back", Ojibwe tribe calls 9th Moon— "Moose Calling Moon". Algonquin tribes call it the Corn Moon, Europeans call it Ripe Fruit Moon, and Chinese eat moon cakes on this date. Moonlight lasts from dawn to dusk for a few nights in a row, giving farmers light to continue working at night. It's the full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox on September 23, as season changes from Summer to Fall. Harvest Moon rises at sunset between bright planet Jupiter & golden Saturn, and stays up throughout the night. Once I dreamt myself inside Bruegel's painting "Hay Harvest" and asked God behind that Rock "What is the Answer?" A voice bellows out: "There is no answer!" Hearing the secret, I leap out of the painting as an alarm clock rings me out of my dream. The Earth & Harvest Moon are dancing— they've been in love for billions of years, let's offer them blessings and cheers! — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 9-10-2022 |
.jpg) Full Harvest Moon Farmers' Almanac
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