September's Harvest Moon will be a partial lunar eclipse. Here's when and how to see it's peak tonight.

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The September Harvest Moon will see a partial lunar eclipse, peaking the night of Tuesday, Sept. 17.

The September Harvest Moon, a partial lunar eclipse, will make its debut in the sky Monday evening and last through Thursday morning. The full moon will peak at 10:35 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 17, according to NASA .The is the second of 2024's four consecutive supermoons, following August's blue supermoon, a rare phenomenon that dazzled stargazers around the world.Here's when and where to catch September's supermoon spectacle.

Spectators can look up specific moonrise times for their ZIP code using this tool from the Farmer's Almanac.Why is it called the Harvest Moon?The Harvest Moon coincides with the autumnal equinox, the first day of fall, which is Sunday, Sept. 22. As almanac lore goes, it's called the Harvest Moon because in the days before electricity lit up our fields, the moon's bright glow helped guide farmers as they were harvesting crops at the end of the season.

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