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APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:05 am
by APOD Robot
A Harvest Moon over Tuscany
Explanation: For northern hemisphere dwellers, September's Full Moon was
the Harvest Moon. Reflecting warm hues at sunset, it rises behind cypress trees huddled on a hill top in Tuscany, Italy in this telephoto view from September 28. Famed in festival, story, and song, Harvest Moon is just the traditional name of the full moon nearest the
autumnal equinox. According to lore the name is a fitting one. Despite the diminishing daylight hours as the
growing season drew to a close, farmers could harvest crops by the light of a full moon
shining on from dusk to dawn. This Harvest Moon was also known to some as a supermoon, a term becoming a traditional name for a
full moon near perigee. It was the fourth and final supermoon
for 2023.
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 4:40 am
by Ann
Hello, Lady in the Moon! You've got a lovely yellow complexion tonight.
Just like the crops whose harvest you are overseeing.
Ann
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:31 pm
by Tszabeau
I can’t help but wonder what’s under those trees. The hill does not look natural.
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:59 pm
by johnnydeep
PS - the link to the credited copyright holder doesn't work, but perhaps that's deliberate, based on how it looks: "
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/giabar5insta [at] gmail []"
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:52 pm
by orin stepanek
The big and the little of it! Oh my!
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 2:15 am
by alter-ego
Re: APOD: A Harvest Moon over Tuscany (2023 Sep 30)
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:38 pm
by johnnydeep
Thanks. And this is the link to the Instagram post with the pic:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CxxYZXKsqWi/