Skywatchers will see the year’s largest and brightest full moon next week. The Beaver Moon, which will be full on Wednesday, November 5th at 8:19 a.m. ET, will be the second of three consecutive supermoons to occur in 2025.
This year’s largest supermoon will be approximately 221,818 miles (356,980 kilometers) from Earth, making it the closest full moon this year, according to AstroPixels. This makes it the closest full moon since February 2019.
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This year’s Beaver Moon is the second of three supermoons in 2025, following October’s Harvest Moon, and December’s Cold Moon is also set to appear larger than usual. Supermoons occur because the moon’s orbit is elliptical, so it can reach its closest point to Earth, or perigee, when the moon is full. According to NASA, a full moon appears about 14% larger and 30% brighter at perigee than at its furthest point from Earth (apogee). January’s Wolf Moon will also be a supermoon.
The moon will officially be full on Wednesday, but the best views will be on Thursday, November 6th. The full moon usually looks most beautiful when it appears on the eastern horizon during the twilight hours just after sunset. This is especially true for supermoons, as these are times when they appear very large on the horizon. To get the best view of a full moon, especially a supermoon, it’s important to know the exact moonrise time for your location.
As visible on November 6th, the Moon will appear in the constellation Taurus, very close to the Pleiades star cluster, an open star cluster. The moon will appear bright and full on Tuesday (November 4th).
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