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The Final Supermoon of 2025 Is This Week. When to See the Cold Moon
December's Cold Moon is the third of four consecutive supermoons in 2025 and appears 14% larger and 33% brighter than a micro moon, NASA says.
- On Thursday, Dec. 4, the full Cold Moon will appear and reach peak illumination at 6:14 p.m. ET, the Old Farmer's Almanac reports.
- A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with perigee, and NASA notes supermoons can be 14% larger and 33% brighter due to the moon's elliptical orbit.
- Meteorologists and almanac tools advise viewing the moon late at night and before dawn, with Rochester's moonrise at roughly 3:58 p.m. Dec. 4 and White Plains' at about 3:51 p.m., while daylight saving time change ensures darkness across the U.S.
- Skywatchers have one last chance to see a supermoon in 2025 before the Wolf Moon on Jan. 3, 2026, while a polar vortex will bring colder U.S. temperatures, so bundle up.
- Look also to mid-December when the Geminid meteor shower could produce over 100 meteors per hour, peaking Dec. 13-14, and the Ursid meteor shower peaks Dec. 21-22 near the winter solstice on Dec. 21.
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