{"id":115680,"date":"2025-11-04T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/115680\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T22:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T22:39:07","slug":"full-hunters-supermoon-2025s-closest-brightest-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/115680\/","title":{"rendered":"Full hunter\u2019s supermoon: 2025\u2019s closest, brightest moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u2019s hope for the forecasted clear skies Wednesday night as we will want to see a lunar showpiece \u2014 the closest and brightest moon for 2025 \u2014 a full hunter\u2019s supermoon.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope for the forecast clear skies<\/a> Wednesday night as we will want to see a lunar showpiece \u2014 the closest and brightest moon for 2025 \u2014 a full hunter\u2019s supermoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>Will Wednesday\u2019s full hunter\u2019s supermoon give us color like last month\u2019s full harvest supermoon? Let\u2019s hope so because it will be the brightest and closest moon of 2025.(WTOP\/Greg Redfern)<\/p>\n

The hunter\u2019s full moon is the full moon that occurs after the full harvest moon which, happened last month. Usually the hunter\u2019s moon is in October, but every four years it occurs in November. The moon will be at full phase at 8:19 a.m. EST on Wednesday. Check out the time for moon rise from your location<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In days gone by, hunters used the light of the full moon to hunt in the fallow fields following their harvest.<\/p>\n

The term \u201csupermoon\u201d<\/a> has made its way into every day usage but it is not an astronomical term. When the moon orbits the Earth each month, it passes a point where it is closest to our planet \u2014 perigee \u2014 and farthest \u2014 apogee. When the new or full moon occurs within 24 hours of perigee, it is a perigee new or full moon, or what is now known as a supermoon. This full supermoon is the second in a row, as last month\u2019s full harvest moon was a supermoon as well.<\/p>\n

You can take pictures of the full hunter\u2019s supermoon with your smartphone and\/or camera. Take images and then adjust as necessary. It will be best to image the moon just as it is rising in the east around sunset as it begins to get dark. That\u2019s when the display of color and the moon illusion<\/a> will be at their peak.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the extra moonlight as the full hunter\u2019s supermoon will be 16% brighter and 6% larger than the average full moon.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out the other sky delights of November<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to clear skies, D.C. area, although we do need rain!<\/p>\n

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