By Robert Mittendorf

The Bellingham Herald

You’ve heard of a “supermoon”?

September’s full moon will be super-small.

It’s a rare occurrence called a micromoon.

That’s because the Harvest Moon — the full moon around the time of the fall equinox — occurs when the moon is at apogee, what astronomers call the point when it’s farthest away from Earth.

September’s micromoon will look about 14% smaller than a supermoon, and it will be less bright.

And there’s another thing — it all happens at 9:32 p.m. Pacific time on Friday the 13th.

There won’t be another full moon on Friday the 13th in North America until 2049, according to the Farmers Almanac.

A Harvest Moon got its name because in pre-industrial society, farmers would work late into the night to bring in their crops, using the light of the full moon.

And don’t worry about the full moon happening on Friday the 13th, a day filled with superstition.

Scientists say that the myths regarding full moon lunacy are just so much nonsense.

The Olympian

A 65-year-old Shelton man was injured and taken to an area hospital on Saturday after a sleeping driver crashed into him, according to the Washington State Patrol.

About 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the Shelton man and a 57-year-old man from Poulsbo were headed north on state Route 3, near Shelton.

The Shelton man was driving a pick-up truck and towing a trailer. Troopers say he slowed to make a left turn and the Poulsbo man crashed into him. The impact caused the truck to roll onto its top, according to the State Patrol.

Troopers say the Poulsbo man had fallen asleep. He also is suspected of driving under the influence.

The Seattle Times

Officials are still searching for suspects in a string of arsons and a gunfire attack on Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Halls in Thurston and Pierce counties.

Six fires have been set since March 2018, and a Kingdom Hall in Yelm was shot at dozens of times, according to a statement from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Seattle.

No one was injured in the attacks, but two Kingdom Halls were destroyed.