Get the telescopes ready, as Monday is the Harvest Moon.
A 98.8% Harvest Moon rises behind midtown Manhattan, One Vanderbilt, the Chrysler Building, the Spiral, Hudson Yards and the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on September 19, 2021, as seen from West Orange, New Jersey.
The Harvest Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise on September 20, 2021, in New York City.
The full Harvest Moon rises behind the top of the antenna on One World Trade Center in New York City on September 20, 2021, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey.
The full Harvest Moon rises behind Hudson Yards and the Empire State Building in New York City on September 20, 2021, as seen from Kearny, New Jersey.
The full moon, also known as the harvest moon, rises above Birmingham on September 20, 2021.
A pilot boat passes the rising Harvest Moon on September 20, 2021, off Swanpool Beach, Falmouth, England.
The waxing moon rises beyond the 300-foot-tall stainless steel spire at the Community of Christ temple Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021, in Independence, Mo.
The full harvest moon rises Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, as viewed from Olympia, Wash. The moon is the last full moon before the autumn equinox, which will take place Wednesday.
A plane flies in front the full moon appeared of Turkey’s eastern Van on September 20, 2021.
The full moon known as the Harvest moon rises over Whitby Abbey, in Whitby, England, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Irish author Bram Stoker wrote his first notes for his novel Dracula on holiday in Whitby in 1890, it was first published in 1897.
The Harvest Moon is the full moon that comes the closest to the autumn equinox.
The equinox lands on Sept. 22, with the Full Moon landing on Sept. 20, exactly at 7:54 p.m. EDT, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
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According to EarthSky.org, the Harvest Moon can hit up to two weeks before the official start of fall, or two weeks after.
When it hits in September, it can take the place of the full Corn Moon. If appears in October, it will replace the full Hunter’s Moon, according to the Almanac.
In the Southern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon happens in March or early April.
Normally a season will have three full moons, but this summer we have had four, with the third of the four full moons being called a Seasonal Blue Moon.
This year, the Harvest Moon will be average-sized but you may think it looks bigger or more orange. However, any moon will look big and orange due to the location near the horizon, according to EarthSky.
The orange color comes also from the thickness of the Earth’s atmosphere, which is thicker at the horizon than higher in the sky, according to EarthSky.
