Mainers can expect a vivid scene in the Tuesday night sky when a supermoon coincides with a partial lunar eclipse. NASA predicts that the full moon will be partially covered by Earth’s shadow for several hours Tuesday night.

If you caught the September 7 th, 2006 partial lunar eclipse centered over the Indian Ocean region, you caught the last member of this saros cycle. The final member of saros series (a barely perceptible penumbral eclipse) occurs on… (mark your calendars) May 7 th, 2403.

On the night of September 17, the Earth, sun and moon will align to create three celestial events. In many places, depending on the time zones, people will have the opportunity to witness a harvest moon, a supermoon, and a lunar eclipse as the full moon rises. Here’s what you need to know about these events:

You can check out a super harvest blood moon, and a partial lunar eclipse. "Super harvest blood moon" almost sounds like a horror-movie title. It's not frightening, though, and it could make for an awesome evening outside,

Stargazers were treated to a double dose of lunar spectacles in the night sky Tuesday. A partial lunar eclipse coincided with a supermoon, when the full moon made its closest approach to Earth during its elliptical orbit.

A partial lunar eclipse will coincide with this week's Harvest Moon, which also happens to be an exceptionally bright and large supermoon.

The final full moon of the summer season, the Harvest supermoon, will rise tonight during a partial lunar eclipse. Here's when to watch.

It is a big, big, big night for stargazers across the world. Later this evening, we will have the Supermoon and partial lunar eclipse.