AUSTIN, Texas — While it's been quite warm and muggy here in Central Texas, fall is right around the corner!
With that comes the harvest full moon, which will take place around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. This is also a supermoon, meaning the moon appears larger due to its orbital position as it passes over North America.
There's also a third celestial event that will happen Tuesday evening over Central Texas. It's a partial lunar eclipse, and while only a small part of the moon will experience this effect, it should make for an interesting show under a partly cloudy sky.
Timeline
The partial eclipse will start just after sundown at 7:41 p.m., at which time we should start to see the northern section of the moon start to see some total coverage.
This will continue to grow until the peak of the eclipse at 9:44 p.m., when a very penumbral eclipse will reach its peak at only 8.5% of totality. Things will then gradually simmer down as time goes by.
During KVUE News at Ten, the partial eclipse will end at 10:15 p.m. in Austin.
While this is the last lunar eclipse for 2024 in Austin, we have March 2025 to look forward to. Most notably, March 13 and 14 of next year will make way for a total lunar eclipse in the Austin area.
We are hopeful any cloud cover holds off so we can get a good show from the moon Tuesday night.