Tonight marks the September full moon. Next month, there will be no full moon around Halloween (the next full moon is Oct. 4). There will be a full moon the night before Halloween in 2012. The last time there was a 100% full moon, an orange full moon mind you, on Halloween night, was in 2001, and that was the first since 1955. The next full moon on trick or treat night won't happen, astronomers say, until 2020.

Last month, for the first installment of the It's Moon Night/Songs About The Moon playlist, we featured moon mix of songs about the big, dead rock in the sky from bands like Radiohead, Neko Case, Sunset Rubdown, Bat For Lashes, Windmill, Grand Archives, The Walkmen, Tom Waits, The Police, Feist and many others.

There were plenty of great moon songs left over, and as promised, they are represented in this playlist, which you can stream all at once just by clicking on the first song.

"I Have The Moon" - The Magnetic Fields from The Charm Of The Highway Strip (2002)

"Moon Song" - My Bloody Valentine from Tremolo EP (1991)

"You And Me And The Moon" (Magnetic Fields cover) - This Is Ivy League from single release (2008)

"Waiting For The Moon To Rise" - Belle & Sebastian from Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant (2000)

"Song About The Moon" - Paul Simon from Hearts & Bones (2004)

"Bike Ride To The Moon" - The Dukes of Stratstosphere from Chips From The Chocolate Fireball (1987)

"The Killing Moon" - Echo & the Bunnymen from Ocean Rain (1984)

"Standing On The Moon" (Live, 1991) - Grateful Dead from Built To Last (1989)

"The Moon" - The Microphones from Blood (2001)

"The Moon Is Down" - Explosions In The Sky from Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever (2005)

"Moondance" - Van Morrison from Moondance (1970)

"Bad Moon Rising" - Creedence Clearwater Revival from Green River (1969)

"Moonshadow" - Cat Stevens from Teaser and the Firecat (1971)

"Dancin’ In The Moonlight" - King Harvest from Dancin’ In The Moonlight (1973)

"Full Moon" - The Kinks from Sleepwalker (1977)

"Fly Me To The Moon" - Frank Sinatra from Sidestep (1994)

"Nightgown Of The Sullen Moon" - They Might Be Giants from Miscellaneous T (1993)

"Moon And Sun" - Gomez from Anatomy In Song (2007)

"Fly Me To The Moon" - Astrud Gilberto from The Silver Collection (2000)

"Dancing In The Moonlight" - Toploader (King Harvest cover) from A Walk To Remember ST (2004)

Moon Trivia: Hundreds of years ago in Europe, the moon was thought by some people to cause insanity, thus, the Spanish word for moon, "luna," gave us the word "lunatic."

View the 2009 Full and New Moon Calendar.

Labels: Halloween Music, Songs About The Moon