All set for a nice show of “Harvest Moon”
According to folklore, the harvest moon is the full moon is closest to the autumnal equinox, the hectic early fall in the northern hemisphere. In 2015, the moon will be full on September 28, less than a week after the September 23 equinox. The agreement sets the stage for a nice show of the Harvest Moon.
According to NASA, on 27 and 28 September 2015, the super harvest moon will pass through the shadow of the Earth and produce a lovely eclipse Total Lunar amber.
On the night of September 27, and during the early hours of September 28, the full moon will glide through Earth’s shadow and giving to the Moon Picking a red gold color, similar to having the leaves in autumn.
The action begins at 9:07 pm, Eastern Time, on the night of September 27, when the edge of the Moon entering the nucleus of amber shadow of the Earth. During the next three hours and 18 minutes, the Earth’s shadow will move across the lunar disk.
The whole begin at 10:11 pm Eastern Time. That’s when the Moon is completely enveloped by the shadow of our planet. The totality will last one hour and 12 minutes, so there will be plenty of time to observe the moonlight, suddenly red.
The NASA emphasizes that the full moon of September 28 takes place near the perigee the orbit of the moon; ie, the closest point to Earth. This makes the Harvest Moon is a “super moon”.
The eclipse of the super harvest moon will be visible in America, Europe and Africa. And it puts an end to an extraordinary series of four consecutive total lunar eclipse visible from North America (the famous “tetrad”).
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