The autumnal equinox, also known as the pagan holiday Mabon, falls around September 22 each year. It marks the end of summer and the beginning of autumn.
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2008 1044 AM EST - 1544 UTC AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2009 418 PM EST - 2118 UTC AUTUMNAL EQUINOX...(FALL) SEP 22 2010 1009 PM EST - 0309 UTC SEP 23
A Harvest Festival is often celebrated around the the Harvest Moon, the full moon nearest to the fall equinox. In the southern hemisphere the seasons are reversed, of course, so these dates apply only to the northern hemisphere.
Harvest moon dates:
Tim O'Brien\ First Days Of Fall\ When No One's Around\ Sugar Hill Anke Summerhill\ Harvest Moon\ The Roots Run Deep Norman and Nancy Blake\ When The Work's All Done This Fall\ Just Gimme Somethin' I'm Used To\ Shanachie Wes Weddell\ Autumn's Calling\ Songs to Get You From Here to There\ Self Neil Young\ Harvest Moon Mustard's Retreat\ Harvest Moon\ MR7 Bobby Bare\ Shine On Harvest Moon Terry Kitchen\ The Seven Eleven Overture\ Heaven Here On Earth [played 2006] Dar Williams\ The End of the Summer\ End of the Summer\ Razor & Tie Shanghaied on the Willamette\ When the Coho Flash Silver\ Weighing Anchor\ Self Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen\ When the First Leaves Fall\ A Sense of Place\ Redwing [also good] Alan White - Last Day Of Summer - (VA)Real World E-CD #9 - RealWorld Andrew McKnight - When the Maples Turn - Beyond Borders Anne Hills\ First Day of Autumn\ Bittersweet Street\ Redwing Beggar's Velvet - Lady of Autumn - Lady Of Autumn - Dragon Records Bill Garrett & Sue Lathrop\ That's How The Summer Slips Away\ Red Shoes\ Borealis BILL GARRETT & SUE LOTHROP / That's How the Summer Slips By / Red Shoes / Borealis Cheryl Wheeler\ When Fall Comes to New England\ Driving Home\ Philo Chris Thile // Leaves Fall // STEALING SECOND Connie Dover/ At Hay Cutting Time/ The Wishing Well Eliza Carthy/ Whispers of Summer/ Angels & Cigarettes/ Warner Bros. Greg Brown\ Smell of Coffee\ Milk of the Moon\ Red House Harvey Andrews - Autumn Song - Friends Of Mine - Cube Ian Tyson / Wild Geese John McCutcheon // Colors // AUTUMNSONGS Paul Kamm & Eleanore MacDonald\ End of the Season\ Like Water\ Freewheel PETER MULVEY / Rain and Snow / Ten Thousand Mornings / Signature Sounds Rich Bala // Fall Is Here // HOME FOR THE HARVEST Steve Ashley - Farewell Green Leaves - Stroll On Revisited - Market Square Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen // Traveler // A SENSE OF PLACE The Be Good Tanyas\ Rain and Snow\ Blue Horse\ Nettwerk America The Short Sisters // Autumn // A PLANET DANCING SLOW Tim O'Brien // First Days of Fall // WHEN NO ONE'S AROUND Instrumentals: Altan\ Drowsy Maggie/Rakish Paddy/Harvest Storm\ Harvest Storm\ Green Linnet Curtis and Loretta\ Harvest Home\ Sit Down Beside Me\ Haymarket Bill Staines\ Autumn Waltz\ Going to the West\ Red House Jamie Laval\ Vineyard Harvest\ Shades of Green\ Tartan
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