{"id":263647,"date":"2025-11-05T05:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263647\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:54:10","slug":"how-to-see-the-closest-supermoon-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263647\/","title":{"rendered":"How to see the closest supermoon of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;beaver&#8221; supermoon is the closest supermoon of the year, and is set to rise above the Australian sky this evening at around sunset.<\/p>\n<p>A supermoon is a full moon that only occurs when the moon is at its closest point to Earth in its orbit, making it appear larger and brighter than usual.<\/p>\n<p>The best time to view a supermoon is just as it&#8217;s rising above the horizon, so people hoping to view the moment are urged to find a good viewing spot and catch it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/9ad8678c-3c46-444a-a01e-b098b978bfa7.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>A supermoon rises over the Dhauladhar range of the Himalaya in Dharamshala, India on October 17, 2024. (AP)<\/p>\n<p>The moon will be rising from the east, so people are being urged to get a vantage point with their backs to the sunset.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere with a clear view of the horizon and minimal cloud coverage is also recommended for the best viewing experience.<\/p>\n<p>What actually is a supermoon?\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>Definitions of a supermoon can vary, but the term generally applies to a full moon that is closer to Earth than normal and thus appears larger and brighter in the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>Some astronomers say the phenomenon occurs when the moon is within 90 per cent of perigee \u2013 its closest approach to Earth in orbit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The &#8220;beaver&#8221; supermoon is the closest supermoon of the year, and is set to rise above the Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285],"class_list":{"0":"post-263647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}