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Strange Universe With Bob Berman

Strange Universe 9/8/19

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Berman
Published September 8, 2019 at 9:39 AM EDT
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The Harvest Moon is coming up on Friday the 14th and all across the country people think they know what it means.  Some assume it has no observational significance and that "Harvest Moon" is just another archaic name like April's "Grass moon." Others imagine just the opposite, that the Harvest Moon looks special in some way: bigger or redder or higher or - something.
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