2017.09.07 Thursday: September's full moon actually occurred yesterday, but I was not able to get outdoors to capture the moon-rise until this evening. Rising above the horizon, it was a beautiful vibrant orange glowing in the eastern sky ...a wonderful sight!
This full moon is called the Corn Moon, Fruit Moon, Sap Moon or Worm Moon. It is known as the "full corn moon" because it traditionally occurs during the time of year when corn is harvested.
Often September's moon is also known as the Harvest Moon, but this year that title will be given to October's full moon. According to NASA, "The harvest moon is always the full moon closest to the fall equinox, which takes place on September 22. Because October’s full moon will arrive closer to this date in 2017, it will instead be this year's harvest moon."
Here in Portugal, the moon looked orange, just like that last night. It was a wonderful sight but we couldn't do it justice as we only had phone cameras. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous photo.
