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Love this site. A Blue Moon occurs when there are two full moons in one calendar month. I love this it gives such great information. Why is it also called the "Old" Moon? Full moon calendar. What is the date of the full wolf moon in January ? Europeans called it the Rose Moon. Very high ocean tides can be expected from the coincidence of perigee with full moon. When the new antlers of buck deer push out from their foreheads in coatings of velvety fur.

It was also often called the Full Thunder Moon, thunderstorms being now most frequent. Sometimes this is also called the Full Hay Moon. This will be another supermoon that reaches it perigee at a. This time of year, this large fish of the Great Lakes and other major bodies of water like Lake Champlain is most readily caught.

A few tribes knew it as the Full Red Moon because the moon rises looking reddish through sultry haze. Traditionally, the "Harvest Moon" designation goes to the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal fall equinox — which is most often in September. On average, October Harvest Moons come at three-year intervals, although the time frame can be quite variable, and there can be situations where as many as eight years can elapse the next such example will come between and 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 U. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice — indigenous staples in North America — are ready for gathering. With the leaves falling and the deer fattened, it is time to hunt. Since the fields have been reaped, hunters can ride over the stubble, and can more easily see the fox and other animals, which have come out to glean and can be caught for a thanksgiving banquet after the harvest.

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