October will also close with a full moon on Halloween - the rare full Halloween blue hunter's moon. The moon will appear full for about three days, according to NASA. The full harvest moon provides light for farmers harvesting their crops into the night, according to the Farmer's Almanac. In 2019, the full harvest moon occurred on Friday, September 13. While this full moon usually occurs in September, a full moon on September 2 was too early to be known as the harvest moon. The name is given to the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox. The full harvest moon will rise at 5:05 p.m. October's first full moon is the harvest moon on October 1, and the second full moon will occur on October 31. As if 2020 isn't weird enough, it's a year with 13 full moons rather than 12 - and two of these will occur in October.
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