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harvest moon

(Encyclopedia)harvest moon, full moon occurring nearest to the autumnal equinox, about Sept. 23. During harvest moon the retardation (later rising each night) of the moon is at a minimum because of the relation of ...

moon worship

(Encyclopedia)moon worship. Although the moon has not had great prominence in the history of religion, the worship of it has been known since earliest recorded time—in the oldest literatures of Egypt, Babylonia, ...

Fort Jefferson National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Fort Jefferson National Monument: see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas. ...

Gold Butte National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Gold Butte National Monument, 296,937 acres (90,506 hectares), SE Utah, est. 2016 and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Named for a mining ghost town, the monument embraces a rugged desert lan...

Castle Clinton National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Castle Clinton National Monument: see Battery, the. ...

Custer Battlefield National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Custer Battlefield National Monument: see Little Bighorn, river; Little Bighorn National Battlefield under the National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Newberry National Volcanic Monument

(Encyclopedia)Newberry National Volcanic Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Muir Woods National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Muir Woods National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lava Beds National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Lava Beds National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Russell Cave National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Russell Cave National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...