Harvest moon on fall Equinox


Hawk framed by the harvest moon, Randleman Lake, Randolph County, N.C., Sept. 22. (Joseph Rodriguez/News & Record/AP)

Harvest moon: Not since 1991 has a full moon occurred on the same night as the fall equinox, and it won't happen again until 2029, wrote astronomer Tony Phillips in a NASA announcement.

Tariq Malik (SPACE.com, Sept. 23, 2010)
A bright Harvest Moon ushered in the changing seasons on Earth late Wednesday (Sept. 22) in a rare cosmic arrangement that has not occurred in nearly 20 years. More>>

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