This week is the “harvest moon” of 2010. What does this mean exactly...

[babylonsister]

This week is the “harvest moon” of 2010. What does this mean exactly, and what is the “hunter’s moon” that comes next?
September 21, 2010
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The gigantic, orange globe sitting on the horizon on Thursday may look like a celestial pumpkin, but it will actually be the harvest moon. (It is also known as the wine moon, the singing moon, or the elk call moon.)

The harvest moon happens once a year. It is the full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox. This year the equinox falls on the Wednesday, September 22nd, so the two events will be awfully close.

This lunar phenomenon is often mistaken for the hunter’s moon. The hunter’s moon, which is also known as the blood or sanguine moon, is the first full moon after the harvest moon.

more...

http://hotword.dictionary.com/harvest-moon/

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

1. cool!

[texastoast]

2. Each moon has a name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon

The folklore associated with them in different cultures is just really cool.

[FirstLight]

3. also called such because...

it would be so bright that folks could continue harvesting into the night... cool huh?

thanks for reminding us...
this season i choose to harvest some abundance and perhaps a real job!
;)

[babylonsister]

4. Good luck to you, FirstLight (cool name:) ) nt

[MineralMan]

5. Crops are harvested in early Fall (September). Hunting for large game, especially

deer usually begins in October. The Full Moons are named for the primary activity conducted by humans during that season, generally.

Here's a site that gives the full moon names from several cultures:

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonnames.htm

[4_TN_TITANS]

6. "What does this mean exactly"

It serves as a reminder that we didn't work our garden like we should have and won't be harvesting much. :-(

[MattBaggins]

10. Is it to late to get the till out and get some plants growing?

[Cetacea]

7. Happy Autumn! Taiji fishermen slaughter 15 Pilot whales

Hunters Moon.

[frogmarch]

8. John Barleycorn Must Die

popped into my mind while thinking of fall and harvest.

"John Barleycorn Must Die" performed by Traffic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZXdV4R2Ox4

Wiki:

"John Barleycorn" is an English folksong. The character of John Barleycorn in the song is a personification of the important cereal crop barley, and of the alcoholic beverages made from it, beer and whisky. In the song, John Barleycorn is represented as suffering attacks, death, and indignities that correspond to the various stages of barley cultivation, such as reaping and malting.

[lapislzi]

9. Thanks for that...

I always wondered what that song meant.