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harvest_moon

harvest moon

English

Noun

harvest moon (plural harvest moons)

  1. The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year.
  2. The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere.

Synonyms

  • wine moon, singing moon, elk call moon

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