Harvest Moon 2010, Super Harvest moon, Autumnal Equinox 2010 September

Harvest Moon 2010, Super Harvest moon, Autumnal Equinox 2010 September.

September equinox 2010: The equinox occurred at 03:09 (or 3:09am) Coordinated Universal Time, marking the official beginning of autumn season. Converting into North American clocks, the equinox took place at 11:09 p.m. Eastern Time, 10:09 p.m. Central Time, 9:09 p.m. Mountain Time and 8:09 p.m. Pacific Time, on Wednesday night.

Also called by names like September equinox, autumnal equinox, autumn equinox, the time signals the end of summers and the beginning of winters and shorter days ahead.The harvestmoon is the moon at or about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox. The harvest moon is often mistaken for the modern day hunter’s moon.

The moon and sunset together also could create a strange twilight glow that is rarely seen, according to Tony Phillips at NASA Science News and Craig Bobchin, president of the Orange County Astronomers.Moon rise is at 6:15 p.m., sunset at 6:48 p.m. according to AccuWeather.