Don’t Miss the Harvest Moon Eclipse
Listen 00:07:44Autumn officially arrives Wednesday; at 4:21 am, Earth arrives at that point in its orbit where the rotational axis is in a position that brings daytime and darktime into equality.
A Total Lunar Eclipse is visible this Sunday night – Starts at 8:45, mid-eclipse at 10:48, over at 12:45.
In addition, catch sight of Saturn lowering in the west after sunset. Venus Mars Jupiter in a line down the pre-dawn sky at 6 am ! See them all easily.
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