Skywatchers will see the largest and brightest full moon of the 12 months subsequent week. Turning full at 8:19 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 5, the Beaver Moon is the second of three consecutive supermoons to see out 2025.
The most important supermoon of the 12 months will likely be about 221,818 miles (356,980 kilometers) from Earth, the closest of any full moon this 12 months, in keeping with AstroPixels. That makes it the closest full moon since February 2019.
This 12 months’s Beaver Moon is the second of three supermoons in 2025, following October’s Harvest Moon, and with December’s Chilly Moon additionally destined to look bigger than ordinary. A supermoon happens as a result of the moon’s orbit is elliptical, so it generally reaches its closest level to Earth — its perigee — throughout a full moon. The total moon seems about 14% larger and 30% brighter throughout perigee than it does at its farthest level from Earth (its apogee), in keeping with NASA. January’s Wolf Moon may also be a supermoon.
Though the moon will likely be formally full on Wednesday, one of the best views will likely be had on Thursday, Nov. 6. A full moon sometimes appears to be like its greatest because it seems on the jap horizon throughout early twilight, quickly after sundown. For a supermoon, that is particularly the case, as a result of it’s the time when it appears to be like very massive on the horizon. To see any full moon — and significantly a supermoon — at its greatest, you will need to know the precise time of moonrise the place you might be.
As seen on Nov. 6, the moon will seem within the constellation Taurus very near the Pleiades, an open cluster of stars. The moon may also seem shiny and full on Tuesday (Nov. 4).
