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Did you like the big moon last night? Tonight’s is even better
Mercury News ^ | October 5, 2017 | Susan Steade

Posted on 10/05/2017 4:32:35 PM PDT by BenLurkin

What makes it “harvest”: It’s the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox.

The reason the moon has been looking so big this week is that it’s rising around sunset. The bright moon comes up in a twilight sky, and at a time when more people are likely to take notice of it near the horizon....

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On average, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each night — so if it rose at, say, 6 p.m. on Tuesday, it would rise at 6:50 on Wednesday. But around the equinox, because of the position of the moon in relation to the earth, the gap squeezes down to about 35 minutes.

The result is a few consecutive evenings of moons in their most noticeable mode: at or near the full phase, and rising around sunset.

In the skies above San Jose, the moon will rise Thursday at 7:09 p.m., 25 minutes after sunset.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: autumn; fullmoon; harvestmoon; moon
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To: SkyDancer

*LOVE* :)


21 posted on 10/05/2017 5:15:21 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Qiviut

Grrrr! I still got...Nothin’!


22 posted on 10/05/2017 5:16:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: SkyDancer

Nice!


23 posted on 10/05/2017 5:22:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Here you go.

24 posted on 10/05/2017 5:22:35 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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25 posted on 10/05/2017 5:29:05 PM PDT by deport
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To: outofsalt

Okay, who slapped a pepperoni pizza on the window and took a picture?


26 posted on 10/05/2017 5:31:19 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: BenLurkin
All the clowning and burlesquing aside, that tune (not the words) sounds very much the kind of hymns we’d sing at church when I was a child.

The song was written by the famous showman Meredith Willson. In 1958, he actually called our home to make sure my father--a music teacher and choir director--my mother and myself got complimentary tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of his show The Music Man. Seeing that show was an unforgettable experience for me.

27 posted on 10/05/2017 5:33:34 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Of course, we live WAY out in the Boonies and have NO light pollution whatsoever.

I only experienced that a couple of times when I was out in N.W. Kansas pheasant hunting.........

The farm house we stayed in was definitely out in the country and the sky was like a billion candles........

28 posted on 10/05/2017 5:35:39 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: BenLurkin
Shine On Harvest Moon

29 posted on 10/05/2017 5:37:42 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: SkyDancer
Okay, who slapped a pepperoni pizza on the window and took a picture?

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore.

--Dean Martin

30 posted on 10/05/2017 5:39:25 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Hot Tabasco

It’s really something to see!

However, tonight is a total bust - it just started raining...four hours AFTER predicted.

*Rolleyes*


31 posted on 10/05/2017 5:39:38 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: deport

SO post 24 and 25 appear to show Earth’s wobble in that the “face” of the moon is displayed at separate angles. Look at the round spot at the 2 O’clock position in post 24 and note that it is in the 12 - 1 O’clock position in post 25.


32 posted on 10/05/2017 5:45:57 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: outofsalt

Thank you!

The BEST Super Moon I’ve ever witnessed was in 1991. I was driving from Madistan up to Eau Claire, WI where I was setting up a Family Assistance Center during Operation Dessert Storm. I took the, ‘scenic route’ along the Mississippi River.

It was October, end of the day. I had to pull the car over, get out, and just MARVEL at the magnitude of that Moon rising over the Mighty Mississippi; it was as HUGE as the picture you posted to me!

I’ll NEVER forget it. It’s, ‘In The Vault.’ This was WELL before we all had phones or digital cameras to capture every meal we’ve ever eaten or anything cute our pets or kids have done. ;)


33 posted on 10/05/2017 5:47:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: ransomnote

Hmmmm....I’ve read we can see the wobble by checking the moon once an hour and noting a change in position but since the photos in 24 and 25 were probably taken during different times of year, or different years, I’m not so sure. But maybe try it out on the Harvest Moon. Note the position of the “face”. A few months ago it was changing approx. 15 degrees on the hour.


34 posted on 10/05/2017 5:48:22 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: BenLurkin

This has to impact globull warming.


35 posted on 10/05/2017 5:51:57 PM PDT by umgud
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Anytime the moon rises over water it’s amazing!


36 posted on 10/05/2017 5:55:06 PM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: BenLurkin
His is the biggest Moon of them all.


37 posted on 10/05/2017 6:04:39 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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To: ransomnote
SO post 24 and 25 appear to show Earth’s wobble in that the “face” of the moon is displayed at separate angles. Look at the round spot at the 2 O’clock position in post 24 and note that it is in the 12 - 1 O’clock position in post 25.

It's not a wobble. The north pole of the moon faces northward and the south pole southward. When the moon is rising in the east north is horizontal to the left and south is horizontal to the right. By the middle of the night the moon is in the south part of the sky so north is up and south is down.

Here's the best drawing I was able to find:


38 posted on 10/05/2017 6:16:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: Fiji Hill

That’s a more what?


39 posted on 10/05/2017 6:20:47 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: BenLurkin

Huge, and lighting up the lake, here in Central NH.


40 posted on 10/05/2017 6:23:01 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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