Meaning of harvest moon | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.”

“Round and red as the harvest moon through the mist of the marshes”

“Boxer would even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon.”

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