you’re able to check out a super harvest blood moon, and a partial lunar eclipse.
“Super harvest blood moon” almost sounds like a horror-movie title.
Let’s break down that Halloween-esque name.
The harvest moon, arriving on Sept. 17, appears every year.
This causes the moon to look bigger and brighter than it normally would.
There are three to four supermoons a year, and they usually line up in a row.
This year, the first supermoon waslast month’s rare blue supermoon.
September will be the second.
We’re scheduled to get supermoons in October and November as well.
So then, what’s a blood moon?
Blood moons occur during partial or complete lunar eclipses.
Similar to supermoons, blood moons occur a few times per year.
When is the super harvest blood moon?
The moon is the easiest celestial body to find in the sky.
It’ll rise out of the eastern sky for everyone in the US at around 7:50 p.m.
ET on the East Coast and around 7:10 p.m. PT on the West Coast.
When is the partial lunar eclipse taking place?
It won’t be a huge eclipse.
You’ll see a sliver of the moon disappear briefly before coming back.
The eclipse will affect the moon’s color more than it will how well you might see it.
If you’re itching to see a full lunar eclipse, you won’t have too long to wait.
The next one is set for the evening of March 13, 2025.
How rare is a super harvest blood moon?
None of the individual components of the super harvest blood moon are rare.
Harvest moons happen every year, and supermoons happen three to four times a year.
Blood moons also occur a few times every year.
However, having all three events line up at the same time is actually quite unusual.
