10, 2011, NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft started their voyage toward the Moon on a Delta II launch vehicle. Newer names for this full moon are the GRAIL Moon and the LADEE Moon, named for two lunar robotic missions launched in September. This full moon is near the middle of Safar, the second month of the Islamic year. In the Islamic calendar, the months start with the first sighting of the waxing crescent moon shortly after the new moon. Customs include granting and asking others for forgiveness as well as beginning or ending all letters with the wish that the recipient will have a good year. Elul is a time of preparation for the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This full moon is in the middle of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar and Elul in the Hebrew calendar. In many traditional lunisolar calendars, full moons fall in the middle of the lunar months. Pitru Paksha starts with this full moon in the lunar month of Bhadrapada and ends with the new moon.įor some Buddhists in Bangladesh and Thailand this full moon is Madhu Purnima, the Honey Full Moon Festival or the Honey-Offering Festival, tied to a legend that when the Buddha was in a forest to bring peace between two factions, an elephant and a monkey fed him, with the elephant offering fruit and the monkey offering a honeycomb. This full moon marks the start of Pitru Paksha (fortnight of the ancestors) during which Hindus pay homage to their ancestors, especially through food offerings. The full moon festivities have become so popular that they are often extended for several days after the full moon. ![]() Because of the tradition of offering sweet potatoes for the full moon, this Moon is also called Imomeigetsu (which translates as "potato harvest moon"). This full moon corresponds with the first of the two Japanese Tsukimi or "Moon-Viewing" festivals. In Korea, this full moon corresponds with the harvest festival Chuseok, during which Koreans leave the cities to return to their traditional hometowns to pay respect to the spirits of their ancestors. Part of the festival includes offerings to the Moon Goddess Chang'e (the name the China National Space Agency gives their lunar missions). ![]() In China, other names for this festival include the Moon Festival, the Mooncake Festival, and the Reunion Festival (with wives visiting their parents and then returning to celebrate with their husbands and their parents). In China, Vietnam, and some other Asian countries, this full moon corresponds with the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional harvest festival. According to this almanac, as the full moon in September, the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern United States called this the Corn Moon, as this was the time for gathering their main staple crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice. The Maine Farmer's Almanac first published Native American names for the full moons in the 1930s and these names have become widely known and used. Other European names for this full moon are the Fruit Moon, as a number of fruits ripen as the end of summer approaches, and the Barley Moon, from the harvesting and threshing of barley. During the fall harvest season farmers sometimes need to work late into the night by moonlight (especially before the introduction of artificial lights). Around the Harvest Moon, this time is shorter, about 25 minutes for the latitude of Washington, D.C., and only 10 to 20 minutes farther north in Canada and Europe. On average moonrise is about 50 minutes later each night. The first known written use of this name in the English language (per the Oxford English Dictionary) was in 1706. What’s in a Name?Īs the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox, this is the Harvest Moon. ![]() ![]() The Moon will appear full for about three days from Thursday evening into Sunday morning. This will be on Friday evening from Hawaii's time zone westward to the International Date Line. 10, 2022, appearing opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude at 5:59 a.m. The next full moon will be on Saturday morning, Sept. The next full moon is the Harvest Moon the Fruit or Barley Moon the Corn Moon the Mid-Autumn, Mooncake, or Reunion Festival Moon the Chuseok Festival Moon Imomeigetsu or the Potato Harvest Moon the start of Pitru Paksha the Honey-offering Festival Moon and the GRAIL and LADEE Moon.
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