2025 has gifted us with a glorious lineup of celestial spectacles. We’ve seen a total lunar eclipse, several displays of the northern lights, multiple meteor showers and a rare planetary parade – but it wasn’t until this month that we got to witness the first supermoon of the year.
The harvest supermoon peaked, sitting at its biggest and brightest in the sky, in the early hours of this morning (October 7). If you missed it, the good news is that there are two more coming hot on its tail. That’s right, the final three full moons of 2025 are all ‘super’.
Here’s our lowdown on exactly what a supermoon is and when you should be ready to see the next two from the UK.
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What is a supermoon?
A supermoon is when a full moon coincides with the moon reaching its closest point to the Earth (called perigee) during its orbit, which goes in a sort of egg shape, rather than a perfect circle. That means that it appears bigger and brighter than usual to the naked eye.
When are the next supermoons?
Beaver supermoon
The next supermoon will be the Beaver Moon (named after the heighened activity of beavers at this time of year) on Wednesday, November 5. It’ll rise at around 3.55pm but won’t be at its most spectacular until after the sun has set and the sky is at its darkest.
Cold supermoon
After that, look out for another supermoon on Thursday, December 4, known as the Cold Moon (you know, because December is cold). That one will rise at 2.48pm, according to BBC’s Sky At Night.
When was the harvest supermoon?
October’s harvest supermoon has already been and gone. It rose on Monday, October 6 and was at its largest and most luminous at 4.48am on Tuesday, October 7.
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