Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Autumnal Equinox, Full Moon

For the first time since 1991, the full moon will shed light on the beginning of fall—the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox, which in 2010 officially begins Wednesday at 11:13 pm ET.

"The full moon closest to the September equinox [is] the traditional definition of the harvest moon," said Alan MacRobert, an amateur astronomer and senior editor at Sky & Telescope magazine in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"And you can't get any closer to the September equinox than this."
The moon is set to rise on the autumnal equinox at 6:27 p.m. ET, though—sticklers, take note—it won't officially be full until 5:17 am ET on September 23, a handful of hours past the start of fall.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100922-autumnal-equinox-first-day-of-fall-2010-harvest-moon-nation-science/?source=link_fb09222010autumnalequinox

With all of the above in mind, my partner in crime Richard and I went to Kaka'ako Waterfront Park.  The plan was to get pictures of the full moon on the autumnal equinox.

 



 









 


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