Tonight is the harvest moon, the full moon closest to the fall equinox.
The harvest moon gets its name from being big and bright, allowing farmers to stay out a little later during harvest.
Although the harvest moon is normally large and orange, this year, it’ll be different.
The moon will appear unusually small because the 2019 harvest moon is a micromoon.
Micromoons happen when the moon is at its farthest point from the Earth.
It normally takes about 50 minutes after sunset to see the moon, but with the harvest moon, it can appear as soon as 10 minutes after sunset.
Another reason the harvest moon is special this year, is it lands on Friday the 13th.
The last time there was a full moon on Friday the 13th was in October 2000.
The next time we’ll experience a full moon on Friday the 13th will be in August 2049.
