Lunar eclipse of the Full Harvest Moon live updates: Watch the September supermoon online
Skywatchers are gearing up to witness the rare convergence of a supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse during September’s Full Harvest Moon.
Lunar eclipse of the Full Harvest Moon: Live
As well as getting your timing right, avoiding city lights and other light pollution, monitoring weather forecasts to ensure you’re below a clear sky and finding a high altitude such as a hilltop are all ways of increasing your chances of having a prime viewing experience...
The celestial phenomenon will get going at 8:41 pm EDT, or 5:41 pm PDT, as the Moon enters the penumbra, or outer shadow, of the Earth. Roughly an hour and a half later “people should start noticing a ‘reddish bite’ being taken out of the top part of the Moon,” according to Bill Cooke, the head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. Specifically, this will begin at roughly 10:12 pm EDT, or 7:12 pm PDT.
This is the phase that will be the most visually stunning as a portion of the Moon will enter into the umbra and the “reddish bite” will grow until it reaches its maximum 32 minutes later. The partial phase will be over at 11:15 pm EDT, or 8:15 pm PDT.
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