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Spacewatch Friday: Full Moon Names: Harvest, Hunter, Wolf and Sturgeon?
By Joe Rao
Special to SPACE.com
posted: 07:00 am ET
14 February 2003
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Harvest Moon
September 10, 2003,
12:36 p.m.
EDT
Traditionally, this designation
goes to the Full Moon that occurs closest to the Autumnal (Fall) Equinox. In
two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but every third
year it occurs in October.
At the peak of the harvest,
farmers can work into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the Full
Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights
around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each
night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the United States, and only 10 to
20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe.
Corn, pumpkins, squash,
beans, and wild rice -- the chief Native American staples -- are now ready for
gathering.
Question: What happens
when the Harvest Full Moon comes late? The names Fruit or Barley
Moon are reserved only for those years when the Harvest Moon comes very
late in September or in early October. In such situations, the full Moon occurring
immediately prior to the Harvest Moon (in late August or early September) is
bestowed with the title of Fruit or Barley. This will be the case in 2004, with
the Full Moon of August 29.
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