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Article: Five nights of the harvest moon!(StarGazing with Jack Horkheimer)(Cartoon)
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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GREETINGS, GREETINGS, FELLOW STARGAZERS. READY FOR THIS MONTH'S HARVEST MOON?
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TRADITIONALLY, THE FULL MOON CLOSEST TO THE FIRST DAY OF FALL WAS CALLED THE HARVEST MOON.
BUT THE HARVEST MOON ASLO INCLUDES THE "ALMOST" FULL MOONS, TWO NIGHTS BEFORE AND AFTER THE FULL MOON.
SURPRISE!
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YOU SEE, THE MOON NORMALLY RISES ABOUT 50 MINUTES LATER EACH SUCCESSIVE NIGHT, EXCEPT FOR THE HARVEST MOON, WHICH RISES ONLY 20 TO 25 MINUTES LATER.