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Definition of Harvest moon

1. Noun. The full moon nearest the September equinox.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Harvest Moon

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Literary usage of Harvest moon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"UNDER THE harvest moon Under the harvest moon, When the soft silver Drips shimmering Over the garden nights, Death, the gray mocker, Comes and whispers to ..."

2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1894)
"THE harvest moon. BY ORRIN E. HARMON. ... 1894, for the first time in nearly nineteen years, the harvest Moon will appear in her full splendor. ..."

3. Scientific Dialogues: Intended for the Instruction and Entertainment of by Jeremiah Joyce (1852)
"... and it is least when she is in her apogee, or the point farthest from the earth. CONVERSATION XVII. OF THE harvest moon. T. From what we said yesterday, ..."

4. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"In latitudes higher than ours the phenomena of the harvest moon and hunter's moon are more marked, because the angle HEM' (fig. ..."

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