An interesting astronomical phenomenon is expected on the night of September 17th-18th: the “Harvest Moon” (the first full moon before the autumn equinox) coincides with a supermoon (a full moon and the closest the moon is to the Earth in its elliptical orbit) and a partial lunar eclipse.

This phenomenon will be visible in North and South America (except Alaska), Europe, most of Africa, Western Asia and parts of Antarctica. If for some reason you cannot observe the eclipse in person, there are a number of live broadcasts available online that will allow you to see a partial eclipse of the moon, which will appear larger than usual.

Lunar eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up so that the Earth casts its shadow on its natural satellite. This time the lunar eclipse will be only small: only the upper 8.7% of the Moon will be covered by the darkest part of the Earth's shadow.

Yerevan time, the eclipse will begin at 04:40 am on September 18 and will reach its peak at 06:44.

A live broadcast of this phenomenon can be viewed here: