September Partial Eclipse/Full Super Moon & More. . .

Tomorrow at 7:41 p.m. CST is September’s Harvest Moon and a start of the partial lunar eclipse! This event weather permitting, has partiality visible from the whole contiguous United States, and penumbral stages visible from Hawaii and parts Alaska. This is the second and final lunar eclipse of 2024 (March 25^th & September 17^th-18^th), and is only a partial lunar eclipse. This Super Moon is the second occurrence in a sequence of four Super Moons, occurring consecutively on August 19^th, September 17^th, October 17^th (closest), and November 15^th. There were 3 Super New Moons earlier in 2024: on February 9^th, on March 10^th and the last one was the “Great American Eclipse,” that occurred on April 8^th.

Photos of this astronomical events will follow, weather depending!

Lunar Eclipse: Partial on Unsplash

May 15^th Total Lunar Eclipse Information:

September 17-18, 2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse (Blood Super-Moon)
ECLIPSE DURATION = 4 hours and 6 minutes PARTIALITY DURATION = 1 hour, 3 minutes (Chicago)
Global Event: Partial Lunar Eclipse
Local Type:	Partial Lunar Eclipse, Americas, Europe, Africa
Penumbral Phase Start	Sep 17 at 7:41:07 pm
Partial Phase Start	Sep 17 at 9:12:58 pm
Maximum Partiality	Sep 17 at 9:44:18 pm
Partial Phase End	Sep 17 at 10:15:38 pm
Penumbral Phase End	Sep 17 at 11:47:27 pm
Times CDST Information courtesy of timeanddate.com

NASA Diagram Map of the Total Eclipse on March 25, 2024:

“Partial Lunar Eclipse of 2024 Sep 17-18” Information Courtesy of NASA – eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

The next total lunar eclipse is not until 03/14/2025 More information is below in the table.

Future Lunar Eclipse Information:

Lunar Eclipses: 2024 – 2031
Calendar Date (Map Link)	TD of Greatest Eclipse (Animation Link)	Eclipse Type	Saros Series (Link)	Umbral Magnitude	Eclipse Duration	Geographic Region of Eclipse Visibility
03/25/2024	07:13:59	Penumbral	113	-0.132	—	Americas
09/18/2024	02:45:25	Partial	118	0.085	01h03m	Americas, Europe, Africa
03/14/2025	06:59:56	Total	123	1.178	03h38m 01h05m	Pacific, Americas, w Europe, w Africa
09/07/2025	18:12:58	Total	128	1.362	03h29m 01h22m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
03/03/2026	11:34:52	Total	133	1.151	03h27m 00h58m	e Asia, Australia, Pacific, Americas
08/28/2026	04:14:04	Partial	138	0.930	03h18m	e Pacific, Americas, Europe, Africa
02/20/2027	23:14:06	Penumbral	143	-0.057	—	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
07/18/2027	16:04:09	Penumbral	110	-1.068	—	e Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
08/17/2027	07:14:59	Penumbral	148	-0.525	—	Pacific, Americas
01/12/2028	04:14:13	Partial	115	0.066	00h56m	Americas, Europe, Africa
07/06/2028	18:20:57	Partial	120	0.389	02h21m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
12/31/2028	16:53:15	Total	125	1.246	03h29m 01h11m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Pacific
06/26/2029	03:23:22	Total	130	1.844	03h40m 01h42m	Americas, Europe, Africa, Mid East
12/20/2029	22:43:12	Total	135	1.117	03h33m 00h54m	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
06/15/2030	18:34:34	Partial	140	0.502	02h24m	Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
12/09/2030	22:28:51	Penumbral	145	-0.163	—	Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia
05/07/2031	03:52:02	Penumbral	112	-0.090	—	Americas, Europe, Africa
06/05/2031	11:45:17	Penumbral	150	-0.820	—	East Indies, Australia, Pacific
10/30/2031	07:46:45	Penumbral	117	-0.320	—	Americas
Times UTC Information courtesy of eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov

Photo by Adrian Swancar on Unsplash

Full Moon Table of Names: August 2024 to September 2025:

Full Moon Names By Month: 2024-2025
DATE - TIME	FULL  MOON  NAME	CHINESE	CELTIC
(2024) ☯ ☾ Sep 17: 10:34pm	Corn/Harvest Moon	Chrysanthemum Moon	Singing Moon
☯ ☾ Oct 17: 06:26am	Hunter’s Moon	Kindly Moon	Harvest Moon
☯ Nov 15: 03:28pm	Beaver Moon	White Moon	Dark Moon
Dec 15: 3:01am	Cold Moon	Bitter Moon	Cold Moon
(2025) Jan 13: 04:26pm	Wolf Moon	Holiday Moon	Quiet Moon
Feb 12: 07:53am	Snow Moon	Budding Moon	Moon of Ice
☾ Mar 14: 01:54am	Worm Moon	Sleepy Moon	Moon of Winds
Apr 12: 07:22pm	Pink Moon	Peony Moon	Growing Moon
May 12: 11:55am	Flower Moon	Dragon Moon	Bright Moon
Jun 11: 02:43am	Strawberry Moon	Lotus Moon	Moon of Horses
Jul 10: 03:36pm	Buck Moon	Hungry Ghost Moon	Moon of Claiming
Aug 9: 02:55am	Sturgeon Moon	Harvest Moon	Dispute Moon
Sep 7: 01:08pm	Corn/Harvest Moon	Chrysanthemum Moon	Singing Moon
Oct 6: 10:47pm	Hunter’s Moon	Kindly Moon	Harvest Moon
* = Seasonal Blue Moon \| ☯ = Super Full Moon \| ☾ = Eclipse