The last celestial event of the summer will be a good one.
The next full moon will be Tuesday night, Sept. 17 at 10:35 p.m. ET (9:35 p.m. CT). According to NASA, the moon will appear full for about three days around that time, through Thursday evening.
September’s full moon is a Harvest Moon, the name given to the full moon that appears closest to the Autumnal Equinox which will occur on Sept. 22 this year. It is also known as the Corn Moon, Fruit or Barley Moon; the end of Ganesh Chaturthi and the start of Pitru Paksha; Madhu Purnima; the Mid-Autumn, Mooncake, or Reunion Festival Moon; Chuseok; and Imomeigetsu or the Potato Harvest Moon, depending on one’s location around the world.
September’s full moon is special for two other reasons as well.
It’s a supermoon, a name given to a full moon that occurs when its orbit is closest to the Earth – something known as perigee.
There’s also going to be a partial lunar eclipse. The moon will start entering the Earth’s partial shadow at 8:41 p.m. ET (7:41 CT). The slight dimming on the moon will be difficult to notice until the top edge of the moon starts entering the full shadow at 10:13 p.m. ET (9:13 p.m. CT). The peak of the eclipse will be at 10:44 p.m. ET (9:44 p.m. CT) with only the top 8% of the moon in full shadow, NASA explained. The moon will exit the full shadow at 11:16 p.m. ET (10:16 p.m. CT) and the partial shadow on Wednesday morning at 12:47 a.m. ET (11:47 p.m. CT).T
The partial lunar eclipse will be visible across nearly all of North America, with the exception of western Alaska.
