October 2025’s Rare Harvest Supermoon – Biggest, Brightest Full Moon of the Year
Mark your calendars for a lunar spectacle: on the night of October 6, 2025, a conspicuously big, bright full moon will dominate the sky. This isn’t just any full moon – it’s a “Harvest Moon” Supermoon, an unusual coincidence that promises a dazzling show. Skywatchers across the globe will be able to enjoy this brilliant moon without any special equipment, as long as clouds don’t get in the way. And unlike an eclipse or meteor shower, everyone in the world can see this supermoon if it’s nighttime in their time zone, since the moon’s glow reaches every corner of the Earth’s night sidekptv.comkptv.com. When to look: The moon will officially reach its full phase at 11:48 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Oct. 6space.com. But you don’t have to pinpoint that exact minute – the moon will appear fully illuminated on both Oct. 6 and the nights surrounding it. In fact, on the evening of Oct. 6, you can watch the nearly full moon rise in the east around sunset, which is one of the best times to appreciate it. As it comes up over the horizon at dusk, the moon will loom impressively large and orange, an effect of both
