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Celebrating the Full Moon– The moon is the dominant object in the sky this week, its phase waxing from gibbous (seen with more than half but not all of the apparent disk illuminated) to full on September 8, 2014. On following days the moon will wane to gibbous. The moon reaches its closest point in its elliptical orbit around the earth-its perigee- at 8:38 p.m., PDT on Sunday the 7th. The centers of the earth and moon will then be 222,698 miles from each other. The full moon comes exactly 22 hours later, thus just squeaking in as what is popularly called a Super Moon.

In addition to Super Moon status, Harvest Moon arrives in September two years out of three, occurring closest to the autumn equinox at the peak of the farm harvest. Farmers can work late into the night by the light of this moon. Usually the full moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, it seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Corn, pumpkins, beans, wild rice, and wine grapes are ready for gathering.  Here are 10 Things to Do During a Full Moon…>