Harvest Moon 2022: Know how, when to see the harvest moon tonight

The harvest moon, one of the more popular full moons we see each year, will occur on Saturday even if it isn’t a supermoon this year. 

This full moon is neither remarkable nor even strange. As a matter of fact, after four straight supermoons tracing all the way back to May, it’s likely the most un-fascinating full moon we’ve found in months.

The harvest moon, which historically marks the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, is known by one of the least enigmatic full moon nicknames. According to NASA, the name has a European origin and has been used since at least 1706 there. 

The reap moon is generally alluded to as the full moon in September, yet the full moon happens nearest to the fall equinox, which this year is September 22.

This full moon has also been referred to as the fruit moon or the barley moon in Europe, names that connect it once more to the Northern Hemisphere’s periodic fall harvest. For the very same reason, Algonquin tribes in America have also referred to it as the “corn moon.” 

The harvest moon will rise on Saturday in 2022, and like every full moon, it will do so in the early evening, shortly after the sun has set in the west. This moon is likewise noticeable a day prior or later, when it will appear to the natural eye to be similarly full and produce the optical deception that causes it to show up so gigantic into the great beyond at dusk.

It’s still unclear why the full moon appears so big to the eye when it’s close to the horizon at sunset, but it’s worth going outdoors to witness for yourself.Essentially go external after dusk and pick a situation with a fabulous perspective on the east.

The harvest moon first emerges around sunset on Friday and rises 25 minutes later each day in the northern United States and 10 to 20 minutes later in Canada and Europe, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanack. When the moon moves into its next stage, it gets back to its generally expected timetable of rising 50 minutes after the fact every day.

Other full moons during the year remain on that 50-minute timeline, according to EarthSky.

The earlier rising time of the harvest moon happens in the Northern Hemisphere near the autumnal equinox when the moon’s orbit is closest with the Eastern horizon, The Old Farmer’s Almanack said.The moon’s circle moves around 12 degrees toward the east every day, but since September’s full moon is so near the skyline, it rises sooner than expected, as indicated by the chronological registry.

Moonlight endures from sunrise to sunset for a couple of evenings in succession, which gives ranchers light to keep working around evening time, EarthSky said.

In the Southern Hemisphere, this effect occurs around the spring equinox in either March or April, according to EarthSky.