The harvest moon – the full, orange moon that reliably appears every autumn – has been a blessing for pre-Industrial Age farmers harvesting crops and an inspiration for songwriters from the Tin Pan Alley era to Neil Young. Harvest moons are full moons that occur every year closest to the autumnal equinox, or beginning of fall, usually Sept. 22 or 23. This year’s harvest moon arrives Sept. 20 and will appear exactly opposite the sun at 7:54 p.m. EDT.It’s called the harvest moon because the moon rises about the same time every evening for a few nights in a row in the Northern …
