Thread: Harvest Moon - September 29, 2012

There is a Harvest Moon the night of September 29. A Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox.

Normally the moon rises 50 minutes later each night. In the fall, there is a narrow angle between the horizon and the ecliptic, causing the moon to rise 30 minutes later for several nights.

This extra moonlight was traditionally used by farmers to harvest their crops.

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For some reason, when I see a harvest moon, Neil Young starts singing in my head and I want to go camping...

we decided to put the trot line out again yesterday
unfortunately all the lines were tangled
and it took us over an hour to untangle, and reset the hooks and bait
so it was a tad late and getting dark when we finally set the line
and darker still when we canoed back into the inlet and to shore
and I forgot to take the torch
fortunately
the moon was full and the stroll home was relatively easy

harvest moon?
anyone here doing any harvesting?