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Full Corn Moon rises tonight in the eastern sky – The Patriot Ledger
The final full moon of summer – known this year as the “Corn” Moon – will rise in the eastern sky Tuesday night.The Algonquin tribes
The final full moon of summer – known this year as the “Corn” Moon – will rise in the eastern sky Tuesday night.
The Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern U.S. coined the term Corn Moon, according to the Maine Farmer’s Almanac, since this was the time for gathering their main staple crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans and wild rice.
European names for this full moon are the Fruit Moon, as a number of fruits ripen as the end of summer approaches, and the Barley Moon, from the harv…
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