Meaning

2 senses

  1. The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year.

    erster Vollmond m im Herbst, Herbstvollmond

    the full moon nearest the September equinox

  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.

    Erntemond, Herbstmond, Herbstvollmond

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Today is the harvest moon.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
first full moon of autumn:
full moon nearest the autumn equinox:

Origin

Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemispher

Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: harvest moons
Singularharvest moon
Pluralharvest moons

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
wine moonsinging moonelk call moon

Word family

41 related words
Relatedwolf moonhunger moonold moonsnow moonice moonworm moonsap moonsugaring mooncrow moonstorm moonpink moonegg moongrass moonrain moongrowing moonwind moonflower moonplanting moonmilk moonhare moonstrawberry moonrose moonhoney moonmead moon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
harshlyharshnessharvestA2harvestinghashhashish

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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