The dawn of August 31 to September 1 leaves us with the height of the super blue moon (at exactly 2:36 a.m.), an extraordinary way to turn the page on the lunar calendar. September appears to say goodbye to summer; in fact, the full harvest moon will take place with the newly released autumn.
The lunar calendar is an ancient mechanism for measuring and calculating time by following the phases of the Moon. It was a fundamental tool for agriculture, navigation and other sectors related to Nature and it is also a source of multiple beliefs. In any case, it is an astronomical guide to know how the night sky will look like. Let’s see what the lunar calendar for September 2023 has in store for us.
As pointed out by the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the dates of the phases of the moon for September 2023 are:
