Monday, September 9, 2013

The 2013 Harvest Moon

The 2013 Harvest Moon for the Northern Hemisphere will appear early this year on the night of September 18-19. In traditional skylore, the Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, the 2013 autumnal equinox comes on September 22. That makes the September 18-19 full moon the Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon an early one for this year. Meanwhile, in Asia, this full moon falls on the night of September 19-20.

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