US EditionNovember’s Full Beaver Supermoon Peaks Today—and It Will Be the Year’s Biggest
The Beaver Moon, the largest and second of three supermoons in 2025, appears 16% brighter than an average full moon, marking seasonal changes noted by Indigenous peoples.
- On Wednesday, November 5, the Beaver Moon reaches its fullest at 8:19 a.m. ET and will be the largest and brightest full moon of the year.
- Algonquian-Speaking Native American tribes named it the Beaver Moon for beavers' winter preparation, a term later adopted by early settlers and the Old Farmer's Almanac.
- Using orbital distances, scientists explain a supermoon is when the Moon reaches perigee, and this Beaver Moon at 221,817 miles is the closest full moon this year, near Richard Nolle's 10% rule within 22,000 miles.
- Tuesday evening offers the best view as the Moon rises near sunset around 4:54 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. , glowing golden near the horizon.
- Compared with an average full moon, a supermoon is 16% brighter and 30% brighter than a micromoon, inspiring cultural reflection and poetry, exemplified by Thich Nhat Hanh's poem 'Full Moon Festival' and the invitation to pause beneath the brightest lunar light of the year.
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November’s Full Beaver Supermoon Peaks Today—and it Will Be the Year’s Biggest
Stargazers and Luna-lovers are being spoiled this autumn. Having already enjoyed a late Harvest Moon spectacle in October, they can now follow that up with a second supermoon that will be the largest of 2025. A supermoon is a colloquial term for when the Moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth during it’s orbital […] The post November’s Full Beaver Supermoon Peaks Today—and it Will Be the Year’s Biggest appeared first on Good News Netwo…
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