Skywatchers are up for treatment this week when the full corn moon illuminates the sky.
“The next full moon will peak on Wednesday morning, after midnight on September 2, 2020, appearing in‘ Earth-based longitudes ’opposite the Sun, at 1:22 a.m. EDT. “The moon will appear full for about three days at this time from Monday evening to Thursday morning.”
Maine cites Farmer’s Almanac NASA to note that the northeastern U.S. In the Algonquin tribes call September the full moon and the last full moon of summer the Corn Moon. The space agency explains, “This time the main crops were maize, pumpkin, squash, pulses and wild rice.
The amazing Buck Moon thrills the skywatchers on the fourth of July.
The European names for the full moon in September are the fruit moon and the barley moon, according to the space agency.
File photo: A supermoon appears after a total “supermoon” lunar eclipse in Brussels on September 28, 2015.
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September full moon this year, however, will not be the harvest moon. Old explains, “The full moon formed near the autumn equator (September 22 or 23) always takes the name ‘Harvest Moon’ instead of the traditional name, which is the rule that keeps the Harvest Moon many times during the month of September.” Farmer’s Almanac. “However, when the full moon of September falls at the beginning of the month, the full moon in early October approaches the autumn equator and therefore receives the Harvest Moon title instead.”
The full moon of August last month was the sturgeon moon. In July, the stunning Full Buck Moon thrilled the SkyWatch on July 4th.
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NASA explains where other planets will appear in the sky around the time of the full corn moon. “On the morning of the full moon on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, just before dawn (EDT for the Washington, D.C. area at 5:39 a.m.), the brightest planet Venus will appear about 29 degrees east of the horizon,” he says, according to his website. On. “Mars will appear 52 degrees southwest above the horizon.”
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