Skywatchers and astronomy lovers are in for a treat as a partial lunar eclipse will dance across the skies Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. 

It is a partial lunar eclipse, meaning part of Earth’s shadow will cover the moon. The celestial show will start at around 8:41 p.m. ET, Tuesday, stated NASA. 

Patience will be key as the eclipse will prove difficult to spot until the top edge of the moon starts to enter that shadow at around 10:13 p.m. ET, with the peak of the eclipse happening at 10:44 p.m. ET.

Only about 8% of the full moon will be in Earth’s shadow and the partial lunar eclipse will end Wednesday at 12:47 a.m. ET.

Now, if skywatchers are patient and can wait a few more months, there will be a total lunar eclipse on March 13 and 14, 2025.

And another added treat is that it will be a supermoon. A supermoon is when Earth’s lunar sister’s orbit is at its closest to the planet and when it is full.

It does not happen often because the moon’s orbit is more of an egg shaped, which means when the moon is at its closest orbit to Earth, called a perigee, there is a supermoon.

And September’s full moon is known as a harvest moon or corn moon.

“During the fall harvest season farmers sometimes need to work late into the night by moonlight,” described NASA, adding, “According to this (Maine Farmer's Almanac), as the full Moon in September the Algonquin tribes in what is now the northeastern USA called this the Corn Moon, as this was the time for gathering their main staple crops of corn, pumpkins, squash, beans, and wild rice.”