What time does the harvest moon rise?

Answer 1

For 2009

Not a few people are under the impression that the harvest moon remains in the night sky longer than any of the other full moons we see during the year, but that's not so. What sets the harvest full moon apart from the others is that farmers at the climax of the current harvest season can work late into the night by the moon's light. It rises about the time the sun sets, but more importantly, at this time of year, instead of rising its normal average 50 minutes later each evening, the moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night.

For example, at New York City, moonrise on Oct. 3 is at 5:58 p.m. On Oct. 4, moonrise is 6:24 and on Oct. 5, it's 6:53. So compared to the normal 50 minutes per night, around the time of the harvest moon moonrise comes about 27 minutes later.