That implies the following full moon on October 1 will be the harvest moon.
The next full Moon will peak after midnight on Wednesday morning, September 2, 2020, appearing “opposite” the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 1:22 a.m. EDT.
“The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Monday evening through Thursday morning”.
We get full moons every month but sometimes there are rare full moons, and this week we will see one of them.
“These next several nights – September 4, 5 and 6, 2020 – let the moon introduce you to the red planet Mars“, EarthSky reported. The second full moon in a month (or third of the season) is called a Blue Moon. So if there isn’t any candy for you trick-or-treaters this year, at least you’ll get to wander the streets with the spirits of the dead under a big, bright Blue Moon.
The last full moon of the summer will happen this week – and you could see it shining next to Mars. There are special reasons for each moon having a name, with most coming from Native Americans and/or harvest activities. You might think that this September Full Moon is the Harvest Moon, but technically, Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to Autumn Equinox, which arrives this year on October 1st.
Corn Moon was dubbed by the Algonquin tribes, as it reflects the time for gathering staple crops of corn, wild rice, pumpkins, squash and beans.
