Richard Monda, an assistant professor of Astronomy and Physics, captures images of a partial lunar that occurred overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, Sept. 17-18.
Monda writes: “An eclipse of the moon occurs when all or part of the moon is within the dark, inner shadow of the earth and can only happen when the earth is between the sun and the moon. Only during this time can the earth cast its shadow over part or all of the lunar surface. This alignment can only occur at full moon.
“The full moon nearest the equinox in September is the Harvest Moon. This year the September full moon is also a supermoon which occurs when the moon is 10% or more closer to the Earth than its average distance. Thus, we can call this a partial eclipse of the ‘Full, Super-Harvest Moon!’ “