Full Harvest Moon framed by compound leaves of Ailanthus altissima (Tree of Heaven) from the front porch around three o'clock this morning
We caught the Full Harvest Moon just in time before it disappeared behind gathering clouds this morning. The Farmers Almanac explains:
This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late 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.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice, the chief Indian staples, are now ready for gathering.
An interesting apparent discrepancy until we read the fine print (EDT vs EST): The U.S. Naval Observatory says Full Moon for our location is today at 9:09 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, while the Farmers Almanac puts it at 8:09 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Greenwichmeantime.com explains:
In most states in the USA, Daylight-Saving Time (DST) is observed, where the time is shifted forward by 1 hour to EDT, which is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-4).
After the Summer months Eastern Time is shifted back by 1 hour to US Eastern Standard Time (EST) or (GMT-5).
Our head is spinning. Okay. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) = Daylight-Saving Time (DST), right?
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It would make a lovely "little black dress" con brio, don't you think?
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