This is a full moon picture picture I took a couple of years ago. It only seems appropriate to put it in here today!
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Thursday, September 23, 2010 - It's the Full Harvest Moon. Also, the autumnal equinox. Remember that equinox means "equal nights." That's because the nights in both hemispheres are equal. It is does NOT mean that the length of day and night are equal. That would be called equidaynox.....

September. 23, 5:17 a.m. EDT -- Full Harvest Moon. Traditionally, this designation goes to the full moon that occurs closest to the Autumnal (fall) Equinox. The Harvest Moon usually comes in September, but (on average) once or twice a decade it will fall in early October. At the peak of the harvest, farmers can work into the night by the light of this moon. Usually the 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.

-from www.space.com/spacewatch/full-moon-names-2010-100127.html

I'd better get going -- I have to gather some wild rice. bye, djb