{"id":63836,"date":"2024-09-16T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T09:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8c92b2ef-eaea-4e76-989a-815ed45147ea"},"modified":"2024-09-16T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T10:41:46","slug":"this-weeks-full-moon-is-a-harvest-moon-supermoon-and-lunar-eclipse-all-you-need-to-know-in-our-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/this-weeks-full-moon-is-a-harvest-moon-supermoon-and-lunar-eclipse-all-you-need-to-know-in-our-complete-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"This week’s full Moon is a Harvest Moon, supermoon and lunar eclipse. All you need to know in our complete guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 16 September 2024 at 09:52 AM<\/p>

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Have you heard about this week’s so-called Super Harvest Moon eclipse? If so, you may be wondering exactly what this means, and what all the fuss is about.<\/p>

Fans of the Moon have much to celebrate, as the 18 September full Moon will be 2024’s Harvest Moon, it will be a supermoon and it will also undergo a partial lunar eclipse.<\/p>

The 18 September partial lunar eclipse will be visible from the UK, Europe, North and South America and the whole of Africa.<\/p>

A small partial lunar eclipse occurs on the morning of 18 September, the eclipsed Moon being the Harvest Moon for 2024 and a supermoon. Credit: Pete Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>

So what will the Super Harvest Moon eclipse look like and what do all these terms really mean?<\/p>

We’ll go through how the 18 September 2024 full Moon will appear, we’ll explore these definitions and separate fact from fiction.<\/p>

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