super moon

It sure looked 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter!

The Farmer's Almanac says the March full moon is the

Full Worm Moon – March As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.

harvest moon

I just got the following note from an astronomy observer.

Watch it right in your front yard---

Summer usually ends on Sept 21 or Sept 22 (the equinox.) This year it ends at ~02h15 UTC on Sept. 23rd, i.e. 11:15 EDT tonight.

And it's the full Moon tonight, making it the last full Moon before the equinox, a.k.a. the Harvest Moon.

And tonight's moonrise occurs just before sunset, so the Earth will briefly be illuminated by both the Sun from the West and the Sun's light reflected by the Moon from the East.

And the full Moon usually looks huge at moonrise due to an optical illusion.

Enjoy.