Full Harvest Moon Forecast: Where Weather Could Impact Your View Of The Supermoon

How To Catch Tonight's Full Harvest Supermoon

Nothing says spooky season quite like a full moon — and tonight is the night!

The Full Harvest Moon, which also happens to be a supermoon, will be at its biggest and brightest at approximately 11:47 p.m. EDT.

But before you stay up past your bedtime in an attempt to catch a glimpse of this eerie October full moon, you’ll want to make sure weather won’t get in the way of your plans.

Supermoon Viewing Forecast

• East Coast: Much of the region will be in the clear for full moon-viewing tonight. Parts of the Northeast as well as southern Florida could be the exception, with cloudy skies in the forecast.

• Ohio, Tennessee valleys: More widespread cloud coverage will make for more challenging skywatching. But don’t be discouraged — many places will see areas of patchy clouds, giving the moon a chance to sneak through.

• Great Lakes to Plains: A cold front will bring clouds stretching from Michigan to Texas. If you live in places like Chicago, Kansas City or Denver, you might have better luck with the November full moon.

• West: Much of the West will get a front-row seat to the Full Harvest Moon, with the majority of the region expected to see little to no cloud cover.

But before you get down in the dumps about your cloud cover forecast, I believe some clouds can actually make for an even better full moon photo. Patchy clouds plus the Full Harvest Moon sounds like the ultimate spooky October experience to me — so you may be the real winners here.

How is your forecast looking? Let us know your full moon-viewing plans below.

Caitlin Kaiser graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with both an undergraduate and graduate degree in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences before starting her career as a digital meteorologist with weather.com.