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2021’s Harvest Moon: Favorite photos

2021's Harvest Moon: A yellow full moon rising behind a single square, stone tower.
Of 2021’s Harvest Moon photos, this one really caught our eye. It’s from Stonehenge Dronescapes on Facebook, who caught the September 20 Harvest Moon rising over Glastonbury Tor and wrote: ” … 2-shot exposure blend, as it was quite dark by the time the moon had risen.” Thank you, Stonehenge Dronescapes!
Wide-angle view of the early evening sky with the harvest full moon.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Brennen Tse in Seattle, Washington, USA, captured this wide-angle view of the early evening sky with the harvest full moon on September 20, 2021, and wrote: “This photo was taken from Bainbridge Island of the full Harvest moon rising above the Seattle Space Needle! This shot is at 500mm cropped to around 750mm. I really like the reflection off the water and the wispy clouds in the sky!.” Thank you, Brennen!
Moon-trail of Harvest Moon.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Mike Cohea captured this image on September 20, 2021. He wrote: “The full Harvest Moon rises over the Newport Pell Bridge on Monday evening as viewed from Saunderstown, Rhode Island. I utilized a 10-stop ND filter to take a single, 22-minute exposure of the moon rise.” Thank you, Mike!
Full moon rising behind a bridge.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Peter Ryan of Newport, Rhode Island also caught a shot of the full Harvest Moon with the Newport Pell Bridge. He wrote: “This was captured 2 towns away in Saunderstown.” Thanks, Peter!
A close-up section of an orange-colored moon.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Kannan A captured this image on September 21, 2021 and wrote: “The Harvest Moon seen in Singapore about one hour after it had risen from the east. Cropped the picture to show the upper section of the moon. The moon was very bright and coincided with the mooncake or lantern festival that was observed in Singapore. The moon mare were clearly visible, from the top Mare Crisium, from the bottom beginning from the left of this photo is the Mare Imbrium, Mare Serenitatis (Apollo 17 landing site), Mare Tranquillitatis (Apollo 11 landing site), Mare Fecunditatis in that order.” Thank you, Kannan A!
Close-up of the harvest full moon with the silhouette of a young woman.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Marek Nikodem near Koronowo, Poland, captured this close-up of the harvest full moon with the silhouette of a young woman on September 20, 2021, and wrote: “Harvest Moon, distance to model 550 meters.” Thank you, Marek!
Big orange Harvest Moon rising over blue ocean with arc-shaped bridge in distance.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Nancy Ricigliano in Long Island, New York, caught the full Harvest Moon rising over the Atlantic on September 20, 2021. Thanks, Nancy!
Full moon rising over dim blue sea.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | David Hoskin caught this image on September 20, 2021. He wrote: “This photograph of the Harvest Moon (Mate Calling Moon/Wikumkewiku’s in Mi’Kmaw) rising over the Atlantic Ocean was taken from York Redoubt, which is a National Historic Site located just outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.” Thank you, David.
Horse riding in moonlight under the harvest full moon.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Doug West in Washington County, Utah, USA, captured this image of horse riding in moonlight under the harvest full moon on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Doug!
A big orange almost-full moon rising over NYC.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com caught the almost-full Harvest Moon rising over New York City on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Alexander!
The harvest full moon rising southwest of Cat Mountain in Arizona.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Victor Sunstar in Tucson, Arizona, USA, captured this wide-angle photo of the sky with the harvest full moon rising southwest of Cat Mountain on September 19, 2021. Thank you, Victor!
People and fireworks at the park under the harvest full moon.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Walter Karling in Kissena Corridor Park, Flushing (Queens), New York City, New York, USA, captured this wide-angle photo of people and fireworks under the full Harvest Moon sky, together with Jupiter and Saturn on September 18, 2021. Thank you, Walter!

Bottom line: Photos of 2021’s Harvest Moon.

Posted 
September 21, 2021
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