Red moon landing: lunar phenomenon in the skies about Denmark tonight

Rising about half an hour later each night, the added light from the shining moon is said to have given farmers more time to harvest their crops.

September’s full moon has been dubbed as the harvest moon because it is the nearest to the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. The earth, the moon, and the sun all fall in a straight line.

The moon will pass through the outer edge of the Earth’s shadow, causing the normally bright lunar orb to darken.

The Harvest Moon and eclipse will not coincide for another eight years, so you will have to wait until 2024 to see it again. It brings up the rear after a dramatic total solar eclipse last March 9th and an annular eclipse on September 1st seen across south-central Africa, Madagascar, and the Indian Ocean.

Here in Northeast Ohio, the harvest moon of September will be floating overhead tonight; although clouds will be prevalent in our skies.

This occurs when Earth’s shadow moves across the moon. In this case, the moon sashays through the penumbra; it’s a weaker, lighter shadow.

While people may say Friday’s Harvest Moon will look bigger than usual, the “supermoon” only plays a small part in that perception. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the Harvest Moon differs from all other moons.

Thanks to the Slooh Community Observatory, you can watch the Harvest Moon Lunar Eclipse wherever you are in the world. National Geographic reported that the darkest and deepest phase of the eclipse will occur at approximately 2:54 p.m. ET (18:54 GMT) on Saturday morning.

Telescopes or binoculars are recommended to assist viewers of the harvest moon eclipse on Friday. That’s likely because we get to see it rise over the horizon in the early evening when more of us are still out and about. The night-to-night difference is greatest for the more southerly locations (Miami, located at latitude +25.8 degrees, sees moonrise come an average of 45 minutes later).