The 2012 Harvest Moon is shining bright in skies throughout the world. It met Uranus on Saturday, Sept. 29 and the online Slooth Space Camera showed live webcast observatory views of Uranus and the most famous full moon of the year.

Viewers can watch the free broadcast at Slooh.com.

The Harvest Moon is the full moon that occurs closest to the start of autumn, meaning closest to the September equinox. Harvest Moon was seen this weekend on the night of Sept. 29 and those who missed it can still chance a glimpse of it on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. Earthsky.org complied a collection of Harvest Moon photos taken from viewers around the world. Click here to see photos of the legendary beauty that only occurs for a few nights once a year.

The rise of the Harvest Moon marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the South, according to Yahoo News. It provides an unusual amount of evening light and it is said that farmers work on the fields later than usual for those fews night a year.

Uranus is the third-largest planet in the solar system and was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel. It takes 84 Earth years to complet one orbit around the sun, according to the news report.

On Saturday night, Uranus appeared just below the moon as the "only green 'star' in the field of view."

The moon's full phase on Sept. 30 will be at 3:19 UTC. (10:19 CDT in the U.S.) Click here to translate UTC to your time zone.

The next full moon after Harvest is called the Hunter's Moon, and will come out this year on Oct. 29.

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