Tonight ushers in the Harvest Moon--the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. This year, it happens smack dab on the equinox. The moon looks like someone adjusted its position, placing it much closer to Earth.
As an added bonus, as noted in The Washington Post,
Jupiter will appear very close to the moon tonight. NASA's Tony Phillips writes:I plan to get up and take it all in after midnight.
"A Super Harvest Moon, a rare twilight glow, a midnight conjunction--rarely does
autumn begin with such celestial fanfare."
For the moment, though, I'm going outside to enjoy the perfectly perfect rainbow that just appeared after a day of spitting rain.
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