Tips for watching the Harvest Moon

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By Space.comMon, Sep 12 2011 at 10:04 AM EST

If you're located in the Northern Hemisphere, you might have had the opportunity to spot a special full moon in the sky over the weekend: the Harvest Moon.

For most of last week, the moon was well-positioned in the sky as it headed into the full moon on Sunday night. The peak came on Monday morning at 5:27 a.m. EDT (0927 GMT). And there's still a good opportunity to see it as late as Sept. 13.

This month's special full moon gets its name because its appearance low in the southeastern sky for several nights historically afforded farmers extra time for harvesting crops. Before the invention of electricity, farmers relied on bright moonlight in the late summer to gather their ripening crops after sunset.

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