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HARVEST MOON
34 FARMERS PLANNED TO HARVEST when 35 Full moons were useful all year round.
the moon was full, so that they had enough Many farmers believed that crops planted
light to work until midnight if necessary. at certain phases of the moon would grow
In September, the full moon seems to linger better. To escape the heat of the day,
in the sky for several nights in a row. This farmers often did their planting and hoeing
happens because moonrise comes only in the cool of the night by the light of the
twenty minutes later each night, instead moon. In winter, travelers planned long
of the usual fifty minutes. No wonder the journeys for times when the full moon
September full moon was the harvest moon. would give them extra light to get home
through the dark forest.
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