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A Partial Lunar Eclipse of the Harvest Moon Supermoon is Coming. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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A Partial Lunar Eclipse of the Harvest Moon Supermoon is Coming. Here’s Everything You Need to Know

On Tuesday, September 17, there is a full moon: the harvest full moon.

The Harvest Moon is not just a September event because the full moon that falls closest to the autumnal equinox is given this nickname. Every few years, October (instead of September) is the location of this moon that was once crucial to farmers. Before electricity and tractors with lights were used to harvest crops all night, farmers relied on the light of the harvest moon to extend their workdays when the fields were most abundant.