{"id":169696,"date":"2025-12-05T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/169696\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T14:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T14:56:13","slug":"decembers-cold-moon-rises-see-breathtaking-images-of-the-final-full-moon-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/169696\/","title":{"rendered":"December’s ‘Cold Moon’ rises \u2014 See breathtaking images of the final full moon of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final full moon of 2025 treated stargazers to a high-flying lunar spectacle as the “Cold Moon” glowed among the stars of the constellation Taurus on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n

December’s full moon<\/a> was the third in a string of “Supermoons<\/a>” \u2014 full moons that occur when the moon reaches its closest point to Earth<\/a> in its monthly orbit. Around this time, it can appear up to 14% larger and 30% brighter<\/a> than the smallest moon of the year, sometimes known as a “micromoon”.<\/p>\n

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Photographers across the world leapt into action to capture the “Cold Moon” \u2014 named for the plummeting early-winter temperatures \u2014 as it rose above the eastern horizon on Dec. 4 before soaring high into the Autumn sky. As such, we have indelible proof that the last full moon of the year provided a dazzling closing act to both the lunar calendar and 2025 as a whole.<\/p>\n

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Read on to enjoy a selection of the best images of the full “Cold Moon”, as captured through the lens of the global astrophotography community. If you’re inspired to try shooting the night sky yourself, be sure to check out our roundups of the best cameras<\/a> and lenses for astrophotography<\/a>, along with our guide to imaging the moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The full “Cold Supermoon” of December 2025 \u2014 in pictures<\/p>\n

Our first lunar portrait comes courtesy of Space.com’s own Daisy Dobrijevic, who captured a gorgeous view of the moon with an iPhone 16 Pro from the Teide National Park on the island of Tenerife on Dec. 3 \u2014 the evening before the moon turned full \u2014 while on a New Scientist Discovery Tour<\/a> exploring the volcanoes and astronomy of the Canary Islands. “Even though the near full moon thwarted some sky watching efforts, it sure knew how to light up a stunning landscape,” Dobrijevic told Space.com in an email.<\/p>\n

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The moon rises above the island of Tenerife on Dec. 3 (Image credit: Daisy Dobrijevic)<\/p>\n

Kwong Liew was also able to create a spectacular composite, time-lapse image of the “Cold Moon” rising behind the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco on the night of Dec. 4, as the city itself shone in the soft evening light.<\/p>\n

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A composite image capturing moonrise over San Francisco. (Image credit: Kwong Liew)<\/p>\n

Photographer Daniel Cardenas managed to capture this well-timed view of the moon’s fully-lit disk as it rose between the wings of the Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City on the night of Dec. 4, as lunar seas darkened its ancient surface.<\/p>\n

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The “Cold Moon” rises over Mexico City. (Image credit: Photo by Daniel Cardenas\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

This crisp view of the moon shining in a deep blue sky was captured in the skies over the city of Lisbon in Portugal by Henrique Casinhas, revealing streaks of reflective material emanating away from major impact craters scarring the face of Earth’s natural satellite.<\/p>\n

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December’s full moon glows above Lisbon in Portugal. (Image credit: Photo by Henrique Casinhas\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Photographer Gary Hershorn captured this striking image of an orange full moon rising between the skyscrapers that dominate the New York skyline in the period following sunset on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n

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The moon rises between the Empire State Building and the One Vanderbilt skyscraper. (Image credit: Photo by Gary Hershorn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Patrick T. Fallon snapped an almost spectral view of the moon shining out from behind a thin veil of cloud as a cross formed from two converging airplane contrails drifted across its disk as it glowed in the sky over Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

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December’s full “Cold Moon” shines from behind converging jet trails over Los Angeles on Dec. 4 (Image credit: Photo by Patrick T. Fallon \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

This artfully positioned shot of the “Cold Moon” shining in the palm of an LED fairy was taken by Rasid Necati Aslim in London, U.K., on Dec. 4, as the Earth-facing lunar surface bathed in the light of the sun.<\/p>\n

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A fairy holds the moon in its palm as it shines in the sky over London, UK. (Image credit: Photo by Rasid Necati Aslim\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Thousands of miles away on the same night, photographer Yan Dongliang captured the lunar disk as it shone next to a carved stone rooftop in the Liaoning Province of China.<\/p>\n

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The full moon glows close to a carved stone roof in China. (Image credit: Photo by Yan Dongliang\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Photographer Tiziana Fabi was able to capture a spectacular view of a murmuration of starlings as they passed in front of the moon’s disk in the skies above Rome on the night of Dec. 4<\/p>\n

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Starlings flock in front of the full “Cold Moon” in the skies over Rome, Italy in December 2025 (Image credit: Photo by Tiziana FABI \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Hakan Akgun snapped a moody view of a deep orange moon wreathed in cloud as it rose above Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 4, as the illuminated form of the Blue Mosque cast a beautiful reflection in the foreground body of water.<\/p>\n

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The full moon lurks behind the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Image credit: Photo by Hakan Akgun\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Next, we have a striking view of the “Cold Moon” shining above the dome of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C., captured by photographer Celel Gunes, as the Statue of Freedom perched atop it appears to stare out at the glowing lunar disk.<\/p>\n

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The Statue of Freedom looks out at the full moon from its perch atop the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. (Image credit: Photo by Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

This wide-angle view of the moon rising over the San Gabriel Mountains as the city of Los Angeles shines below was taken by Patrick T. Fallon from the Kenneth Hahn State Recreational Area at moonrise on Dec. 4.<\/p>\n

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The moon rises over Los Angeles on Dec. 4 (Image credit: Photo by Patrick T. Fallon \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Our last shot is a beautifully lined-up telephoto shot from photographer Huseyin Demirci as the moon rose over Sarikamis in Turkey on Dec. 4, in which an optical illusion gives the impression that a man is carrying the lunar disk in a wheelbarrow.<\/p>\n

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A man caught carrying the moon through the sky. (Image credit: Photo by Huseyin Demirci\/Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

If you missed the “Cold Moon” rise on Dec. 4, there’s no need to worry. The lunar disk will continue to appear full to the casual observer over the next few nights. As a bonus the final supermoon in the current four-month run of them will rise on Jan. 3, 2026, presenting a spectacular natural light show as it opens up yet another year of dazzling lunar events.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: If you would like to share your lunar astrophotography with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final full moon of 2025 treated stargazers to a high-flying lunar spectacle as the “Cold Moon” glowed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-169696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}