Photo: Harvest Moon Rounded Out Trio of Summer Super Moons
Photo: Harvest Moon Rounded Out Trio of Summer Super Moons
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ICTMN Staff
9/19/14
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It started with the super moon in July, then the one in August was the largest because it coincided with the perigee, the moon’s closest approach to Earth, and finally the Harvest Moon on September 8.
The Harvest Moon is so named because it’s the full moon closest to the fall equinox, which falls on September 22.
“The Harvest Moon's claim to fame is that instead of rising its normal average of 50 minutes later each day, it rises only a little later each night, providing farmers with extra moonlit evenings to reap their crops,” Space.com reports.
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