"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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