On Friday, 13, Americans will be able to see a rare astronomical phenomenon

On Friday evening, 13 of September, the stunning “Harvest Moon” will rise in the eastern sky, and it will be visible every night for the weekend.

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Although the official full moon moment is actually in 12: 33 Eastern Standard Time on Saturday of 14, the Moon will still look quite full during Friday evening, according to EarthSky.

The full moon rarely appears on Friday 13. The last time this happened on October 13 2000 of the year, and will resume until August 13 2049 of the year, reports Farmers Almanac.

What is a fruitful moon?

Harvest Moon — it is the full moon, the closest to the autumn equinox, which this year comes 23 September. This phenomenon is different from other full moons, as the moon rises at about the same time for several nights in a row, giving more light.

Where does the name of the moon come from?

"Earlier farmers could work late into the night under the light of this moon, so Moonlight was critical to quickly harvesting crops before they rotted from the rain." — says Alan McRobert, editor of Sky&Telescope magazine.

According to NASA, many crops ripen immediately in late summer and early fall, so farmers are very busy at this time of year. They had to work after sunset. Moonlight became an integral part of agriculture, and thus the Moon was called Harvest.

This month's full moon is also unusually small: On Friday, the moon reaches its "apogee," the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, hence the nickname "Micromoon," Astronomy magazine reports. On Friday it will be 252 miles (511 km) from the center of the Earth.

At its apogee, the Full Moon will appear 14% smaller to people on Earth than when the Moon is closest, making it a Micro Moon, HuffPost reports. This is the opposite effect of the famous “super lunar event,” when the moon is as close to Earth as possible.

Does the Full Moon affect human behavior?

If you feel unwell on Friday night, blame the combination of triskaidecaphobia (fear of the 13 number) and the lunar effect, the idea that there is some correlation between the lunar cycles and human behavior. In fact, the Full Moon has been associated with strange or insane behavior, including suicide, sleepwalking and violence, AccuWeather reports.

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