The Super Harvest Moon fell on September 17-18, 2024. And half of Earth also got to see the full moon in a partial eclipse. There won’t be another eclipse of a supermoon until October 8, 2033. If you missed Tuesday’s eclipse, you can enjoy the highlights here with photos from our EarthSky community. Or check out the replay of our eclipse watch party, below. Have a great photo of your own to share? Submit it to EarthSky!
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | On the morning of the Harvest Moon, Joel Weatherly in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, caught “Saturn moments away from disappearing behind the limb of the moon.” Stunning! Thank you, Joel!
During and after the eclipse
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Patricia Evans in Seabrook, New Hampshire, captured these 3 moments from the Super Harvest Moon partial eclipse on September 17, 2024. Thank you, Patricia! See more Super Harvest Moon and eclipse pics below.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Carol Kuehn was “looking across Keuka Lake at the hilltop on the western horizon” in New York when she caught the setting Harvest Moon on the morning of September 18, 2024. Thank you, Carol!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Nicole Wascoe Bauman caught the setting Harvest Moon on the morning of September 18, 2024, from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nicole wrote: “After a long night lighting up the sky, the Harvest Supermoon has one last hurrah in the western sky over Mt. Taylor.” Thanks, Nicole!
Supermoon eclipse watch party
Bottom line: The Super Harvest Moon was on September 17, 2024. It was briefly darkened by Earth’s shadow in a partial lunar eclipse. Check out some great photos of the event here!
Kelly Kizer Whitt - EarthSky’s roving nature reporter on YouTube - writes and edits some of the most fascinating stories at EarthSky.org. She's been writing about science, with a focus on astronomy, for decades. She began her career at Astronomy Magazine and made regular contributions to other outlets, including AstronomyToday and the Sierra Club. She has nine published books, including a children's picture book, Solar System Forecast, and a young adult dystopian novel, A Different Sky.
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