Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

There is a total eclipse of the closest supermoon of the year on the night of September 27-28. This is the Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon – the full moon nearest the September equinox.

For the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the first full moon of spring. This September full moon is also called a Blood Moon, because it presents the fourth and final eclipse of a lunar tetrad: four straight total eclipses of the moon, spaced at six lunar months (full moons) apart.

The total lunar eclipse is visible from the most of North America and all of South America after sunset September 27. From eastern South America and Greenland, the greatest eclipse happens around midnight September 27-28.

In Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the total eclipse takes place in the wee hours of the morning, after midnight and before sunrise September 28. A partial lunar eclipse can be seen after sunset September 27 from western Alaska or before sunrise September 28 in far-western Asia.

Follow the links below to learn more about the 2015 Harvest Moon and the September 27-28 total lunar eclipse.

 earthsky.org