There will be a “harvest” moon on Tuesday, which will appear full to delight viewers from Monday until early Thursday.
The event, which is also being called a supermoon, will appear around 10:35 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday and on the night of the full moon there will also be a partial lunar eclipse, USA Today reported Thursday.
The harvest moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox, which this year is Sept. 22. The harvest moon’s name has long been tied to when crops need to be picked from the fields. “In the days before tractors with headlights, having moonlight to work by was crucial to getting the harvest in quickly before rain caused it to rot,” said Alan MacRobert, an editor at Sky & Telescope magazine.