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Celestial Phenomena News 21 September 2025 - 4 November 2025

Beaver Moon 2025: November’s Supermoon Spectacle Illuminates Sky and Storytelling

Don’t Miss the Beaver Moon – 2025’s Brightest Supermoon Peaks This Week

The Brightest Supermoon of 2025 Is Here Skywatchers are in for a treat as the year’s brightest full moon takes to the sky this week. November’s full moon – known as the Beaver Moon – will reach its peak illumination on the morning of November 5, 2025, and it’s no ordinary full moon. It’s a “supermoon”, meaning the moon is near its closest point to Earth in its orbit during its full phase. This makes the lunar disc appear a bit larger and a lot more luminous than usual. In fact, this Beaver Moon supermoon will be so luminous that
4 November 2025
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Last Chance to See Rare Green Comet Lemmon – A Once-in-a-Millennium Sky Spectacle

Last Chance to See Rare Green Comet Lemmon – A Once-in-a-Millennium Sky Spectacle

A Once-in-a-Millennium Visitor Lights Up the Sky If you haven’t been skywatching lately, now is the time – Comet C/2025 A6, nicknamed Lemmon, is putting on its best show in late October 2025. This rare comet was first spotted in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey in Arizona sfgate.com. Since then it has been steadily brightening as it races toward the inner solar system space.com. By this week, Comet Lemmon reached magnitude ~4, making it one of the brightest comets of the year and borderline visible to the unaided eye under ideal conditions skyatnightmagazine.com. For context, that’s about as bright
26 October 2025
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7 Celestial Events You Can’t-Miss on Oct. 3–4, 2025

7 Celestial Events You Can’t-Miss on Oct. 3–4, 2025

<div markdown=”1″><!– Begin Satellite Passes Paragraph –> :contentReference[oaicite:27]{index=27}Satellites streak across the sky at dawn/dusk. SpaceX’s Starlink trains are often visible shortly after launch: bright, evenly-spaced lights that move together like a miniature “train”:contentReference[oaicite:28]{index=28}. (Recent launches mean new trains on the nights following Oct. 2–3:contentReference[oaicite:29]{index=29}.) Meanwhile, the ISS is visible as a bright, fast-moving “star” about 90 minutes apart whenever it crosses your sky. NASA notes that all ISS sightings occur within a few hours of sunrise or sunset:contentReference[oaicite:30]{index=30}. Sign up for NASA’s Spot the Station to get precise pass times for your location. </div> <div markdown=”1″><!– Begin Comets Paragraph –> :contentReference[oaicite:31]{index=31}Comet
3 October 2025
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Rare ‘Equinox Eclipse’ on Sept. 21, 2025 – Partial Solar Eclipse Promises a Spectacular Sunrise Show

Rare ‘Equinox Eclipse’ on Sept. 21, 2025 – Partial Solar Eclipse Promises a Spectacular Sunrise Show

What is a Partial Solar Eclipse? A partial solar eclipse happens when the moon passes between Earth and the sun but doesn’t completely cover the sun, so only a portion of the sun’s disk is obscured space.com. To an observer, it appears as if the moon has taken a “bite” out of the sun – leaving the sun as a bright crescent shape in the sky. In a partial eclipse the alignment isn’t perfect; the moon’s central shadow (umbra) misses Earth, so we only experience the penumbra (partial shadow) en.wikipedia.org. Because part of the sun remains visible, a partial eclipse
21 September 2025
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