Mesmerizing images of Corn Moon flood Twitter, NASA reveals story behind its name

Mesmerizing ims of stunning Corn Moon have graced internet and netizens just can't get eugh of it. After midnight on September 2, entire world witnessed a full moon which is also called ‘Corn Moon’ or ‘Full Harvest Moon’. According to NASA, this full moon will mark  end to summers this year. Corn Moon will attain maximum brightness at 1:22 a.m. EDT on Wednesday. 

maginificent 'Corn Moon'

NASA uploaded im of corn moon on its official Twitter handle. According to Maine Farmer's Almanac journal, Native Americans used different names for full moons in 1930s and y were published accordingly to differentiate type of full moon. Algonquin tribes in rastern USA called September moon as Corn moon as this was time y harvested ir main staple crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice. Rising exactly "opposite" Sun, this moon will remain full for about three days.

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Netizens also took over to Twitter and shared various ims of magnificent corn moon. While one person shared an im from Bainbridge Island, ar person shared an im from New York. One person wrote, "Full Corn Moon Blessings of Dark and Wild". 

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Autumn equix begins on September 22 or 23, and full moon falls early in month, with October hosting Harvest Moon. As per NASA’s release, September’s moon is “ Corn, Fruit, Barley, and Hungry Ghost Moon". In a press release, NASA said that full moon would mark “ end of Onam, start of Pitri Paksha, Modhu Purnima, Binara Pura Pasalosvaka Poya, and Gaile, Ladee, and Osiris-rex moon”.

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(Im Credits: Twitter/NASAMoon)