Photographers around the world have captured this week’s Harvest Super Moon and Partial Lunar Eclipse, eager to capture the beauty of the bright full moon in the evening sky.
The Full Moon of 17/18 September 2024 is a Super Moon, Harvest Moon and Partial Lunar Eclipse, making it a sight to behold for those with clear skies to step outside and see it.
Super Harvest Moon over Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Captured by Lee Mansfield with a 600mm lens from the bridge about 1 mile away. Click to expand.
The ‘harvest moon’ is an informal nickname for the full moon closest to the September equinox, and was historically so named because of its proximity to harvest time.
A ‘supermoon’ is, astronomically speaking, an informal term for a ‘perigee syzygy moon’, meaning the Moon is closest to Earth in its orbit (perigee) and is one of three celestial bodies in alignment (syzygy), in this case the Sun, Earth and Moon.
Super Harvest Moon over Midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City, USA. Front showing traffic on the 14th Street Viaduct, 17 September 2024. Click to expand. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Supermoons may technically be larger than a ‘regular’ full moon, but the apparent size difference is small enough to be essentially invisible to the human eye.
Nevertheless, supermoons are popular events around the world because the sight of a big, bright full moon in the sky is always mesmerizing, whether the moon is at perigee or not.
But above this week’s superharvest moon, the full moon underwent a partial lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of September 18, whereby Earth’s shadow fell on a small portion of the moon’s surface, creating a subtle darkening effect.
Super Harvest Moon partial lunar eclipse above Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey on 18 September 2024. Click to expand. Photo by Mehmet Futsi/Anatolu via Getty Images
Unsurprisingly, astrophotographers and moongazers have been out in force this week, aiming to photograph and observe the lunar spectacle.
Here are some of the best pictures we’ve seen so far.
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18 September 2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse and Flight View. 04:29 BST, Blackrock, Co. Captured by Paul Osborne in Dublin, Ireland. Flight UPS Cargo Boeing 767, registration N348UP, flight number UPS248 from Cologne Bonn to Dublin. Equipment: Nikon D500 camera, AF Nikkor 300mm f4 ED lens. Exposure: 1/800 sec at f11, 300mm focal length, ISO-200. Software: Nikon NX Studio
18 September 2024 Harvest Moon Obscured by Cloud, Singing Ringing Tree sculpture by Lee Mansfield, Burnley, Lancashire, UK. The Singing Ringing Tree is a tree-like wind-powered sound sculpture set in the landscape of the Pennine Mountains overlooking Burnley in Lancashire.
18 September 2024 Harvest Moon captured over the Singing Ringing Tree sculpture by Lee Mansfield, Burnley, Lancashire, UK. The Singing Ringing Tree is a tree-like wind-powered sound sculpture set in the landscape of the Pennine Mountains overlooking Burnley in Lancashire.
18 September 2024 Partial Lunar Eclipse taken by Chirac Upreti from New York City. Equipment: Sony A7R3 camera, Sony 200-600 X2 teleconverter, focal length 1200mm. Exposure: ISO 800, f/13, 1/60. Software: Autostakkert 4.0, Registax
On 17 September 2024, at 8pm local time, the Super Harvest Moon was captured over the Ottawa River by Ann Sertula from Deep River, Ontario, Canada. Equipment: Canon point and shoot camera.
Ian Butler expertly captured this handheld image of the Super Harvest Moon over St. Anthony Lighthouse, Falmouth, Cornwall. Equipment: Canon EOS 5Dd Mk2 DSLR camera, Canon 300mm 2.8L lens, ISO 2000, 1/320, f/3.2
Super Harvest Moon over Midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City, USA. The foreground shows traffic on the 14th Street Viaduct on September 17, 2024. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Super Harvest Moon near the Empire State Building and Hudson Yards, New York City, USA, 17 September 2024. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Super Harvest Moon Contrasting Clouds and Saturn (dot on left of image) 4 – 5.6 captured by Egidio Vergani from Milan, Italy on September 17, 2024.
Super Harvest Moon and iridescent clouds captured by Egidio Vergani from Milan, Italy on September 17, 2024. Equipment: Panasonic FZ1000 I camera, ISO 400 – 800, 1/6 sec, f/4 – 5.6.
Super Harvest Moon over Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Captured by Lee Mansfield with a 600mm lens from the bridge about 1 mile away.
Super Harvest Moon over Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Captured by Lee Mansfield with a 600mm lens from the bridge about 1 mile away.
Super Harvest Moon over Ashton Memorial, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK. Captured by Lee Mansfield with a 600mm lens from the bridge about 1 mile away.
A nearly full moon rises over the Church of St. Emiliano, Trevi, Italy, captured by Paolo Palma, 15 September 2024. Equipment: Nikon Coolpix p510 camera, ISO 400, 1/50s
A nearly full moon rises over the Church of St. Emiliano, Trevi, Italy, captured by Paolo Palma, 15 September 2024. Equipment: Nikon Coolpix p510 camera, ISO 400, 1/50s
Super Harvest Moon over Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Serkan Osgurnasli/Dia Images via Getty Images
Super Harvest Moon over the skyline of Lower Manhattan as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images
Super harvest deer during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China, 17 September 2024, 17 September 2024. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images
A real harvest moon! A supermoon rises over the soybean harvest at Malco Farms in Monroe, Wisconsin on September 17, 2024. Photo by Rose Horritt/NurPhoto via Getty Images
17 September 2024 Super Harvest Moon over the Scituate Lighthouse, Massachusetts, United States. Photo by Joseph Precioso/Anatolu via Getty Images
Super Harvest Moon partial lunar eclipse above Anitkabir in Ankara, Turkey on 18 September 2024. Photo by Mehmet Futsi/Anatolu via Getty Images
Super Harvest Moon over Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images
