Friday the 13th harvest moon thrills skywatchers
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Started by metmike - Sept. 14, 2019, 1:01 a.m.


https://www.foxnews.com/science/friday-13th-harvest-moon


A rare Friday the 13th harvest moon has been thrilling skywatchers. 

The full moon is the first to occur on Friday the 13th for almost 20 years and that kind of timing won't recur for 30 years.

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By metmike - Sept. 14, 2019, 1:03 a.m.
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The harvest moon is now. Here’s what you should know

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/09/13/the-harvest-moon-now-here-what-you-should-know/oWkYMhjtUY4ClMRCjlTPEN/story.html

The harvest moon is here.

As you might know, the names of the moons were given by Native American tribes. The harvest moon — the closest to the fall equinox — gets its name based on the gathering of the crops.

This year the (mostly) full moon appeared late Friday. (It will officially be full at 12:33 a.m. Saturday, but once it’s at 99 percent I consider it full.) Full moons on Fridays are infrequent; the last one was 2006. The next one is 2049, according to a NASA scientist.

This year’s harvest moon is also a micromoon. A supermoon is when the moon is full and close to Earth; a micromoon occurs when the moon is full and it’s at its furthest point from Earth. It might appears slightly smaller. The combo of a Friday the 13th full moon and a micromoon are rare.

By pj - Sept. 14, 2019, 1:23 a.m.
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"Full moons on Fridays are infrequent; the last one was 2006. The next one is 2049, according to a NASA scientist."

Don't think this can be correct. Seems like a full moon on a Friday should happen on average close to every 7 months. The next full moon on Friday is on Jan 10, 2020.


By metmike - Sept. 14, 2019, 9:22 a.m.
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Good catch pj!