The full moon known as the harvest moon makes its brilliant debut Monday, filling the sky with light overnight.
In the past, the harvest moon was so bright it provided farmers with extra time to harvest their crops. This year, it is arriving two days before the autumn equinox.
The unique full moon will appear shortly after sunset, around 7:38 p.m. ET, according to NASA. In California, the sun sets at around 6:47 p.m., but the moon will peak around 4:55 p.m. PT.
The harvest moon might appear larger and brighter because its physical proximity is much closer to the horizon. Its location is also responsible for its orange tint.
The full moon’s occurrence so close to the autumn equinox results in the moon rising closer to sunset, “creating a dusk-till-dawn moonlight for several nights in a row,” CNN reported.
There are several other full moons slated for the rest of the year: Oct. 20 is the hunter’s moon, Nov. 19 is the beaver moon, and Dec. 18 is the cold moon.
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