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This week’s full moon happens only once every 3 years – Live Science

September’s full moon sets the stage for a Halloween blue moon.

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This week, for the first time in three years, the September full moon is in a unique situation: it’s happening so early in the month a timing that gives it an entirely different name, the corn moon, instead of the harvest moon that it sets the stage for October to have two full moons, meaning a rare blue moon will shine this Halloween
, on Oct. 31.
This full moon, named for the East Coast corn harvest, will reach peak fullness at 1:22 a.m. EDT (5:22 UTC) on Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to NAS…

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