The November 5 all ready for the Beaver Supermoon: after many months of waiting, the Supermoonwith our satellite appearing larger and brighter than usual because it is in the full phase near the perigee (i.e. the point of the lunar orbit at the shortest distance from the Earth). Don’t miss it, it will be the biggest full moon of the year!
What does Supermoon mean
By Supermoon we often mean what the astrologer wrote Richard Nolle in 1979, according to which a full moon or new moon is “Super” if it reaches at least 90% of its perigee maximum (the point of the lunar orbit closest to our planet). In other words, a supermoon is a moon that is distant from the Earth, measured from the centers of the two celestial bodies. Since that of November 5th at the perigee will be a 356,980 km from uscan actually be called that.
As he explains TimeanddateIn fact, the Moon’s orbit around the Earth is not a perfect circle, but elliptical, with one side closer to the Earth than the other. As a result, the distance between the Moon and the Earth varies throughout the month and year (on average, this distance is about 382,900 kilometers).
Compared to a micromoon, i.e. a full moon close to its apogee (the point of its orbit furthest from our planet), a supermoon can appear up to 13-14% larger and up to 27-30% brighter.
But as we always specify, the definition of Supermoon, like that of micromoon, has never been confirmed byInternational Astronomical Unionso stay .
Why Beaver Supermoon
Since it will be the full moon of November, it will be the Beaver Supermoon: there Beaver Moon it is in fact a name handed down by American tradition which derives from the period in which traps were set for beavers before the swamps froze, in order to stock up on warm furs for the winter (but in another interpretation the name would instead derive from the fact that beavers in this period are preparing for hibernation).
But not only that, because this full moon generally arrives in a period that begins to be particularly cold in the northern hemisphere, hence the name Frosty Moonbut also Frost Moon.
It is actually also known as Mourning Moonbecause the November full moon is spiritually associated with personal change, with inner reflection, with the possibility of letting go of old things to open up to the new, with the looming winter, and therefore in a certain sense with “death”, understood as the point and end of one’s life.
How and when to admire the Beaver Supermoon of November 5, 2025
The Beaver Supermoon will be high in the sky and perfectly visible (weather permitting) just after sunset. In particular, we should look towards the east, “close” to constellation of the Whale (on the map the sky of November 5, 2025 at approximately 9.00 pm).
We don’t miss out!
Sources: Moongiant/ Timeanddate/Supermoon
