
An image of the moon increasing over a field.
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Among the most popular moons of the year will climb up into the eastern sky on Saturday, Sept. 26. This year, the Harvest Moon will make its look with Saturn shining close by– and you’ll have another opportunity to see it increase on Sunday, Sept. 27, too.
Formally complete at 12:49 p.m. EDT on Saturday, the moon will be best seen increasing in the eastern sky later on that day, at the time of moonrise where you are. It will appear in the constellation Pisces.
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Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science reporter and a routine factor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads worldwide stargazing and eclipse-chasing trips. His work appears routinely in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky during the night, Sky & & Telescope, and other significant science and astronomy publications. He is likewise the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com.
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