Full moon & Lunar Eclipse

September 27, 2015

The full moon of September 27, 2015 was unusual because it included a lunar eclipse and a super moon where the moon is in the closest part of its orbit to the earth. This full moon was also known as a harvest moon.

Moon rise

moon rise
moon rise
moon rise
moon rise Then the clouds rolled in
moon rise

Eclipse

The eclipse was several hours later. The clouds had dissipated for a while.

lunar eclipse
lunar eclipse Near totality - then the clouds came back.