Take a look up to the heavens on Wednesday and you’ll see the second supermoon of the year light up the sky over Beaufort, SC. November’s beaver moon will be the next full moon and it will be the second supermoon of 2025, making it the biggest full moon of the year, illuminating the sky for several nights.
The moon will be at it’s fullest starting on Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 8:19am.
The November full moon will orbit closer to Earth than all the other full moons this year so far, making it a special supermoon that will appear the biggest, brightest and most golden of 2025, giving stargazers a special sight to remember.
It will be the second of three supermoons this year. The three supermoons in 2025 will occur on October 6, November 5, and December 4. The first was the Harvest Moon. The next two are the Beaver Moon, and the Cold Moon, respectively.
The November full moon has been referred to as Beaver Moon. The phrase comes from a number of Native American and European customs and mythology.
One theory is that beavers construct dams and stockpile food in November in order to get prepared for the winter. Beavers were also trapped in November so that their thick, winter-ready pelts could be used to make warmer clothing, according to NASA.
In addition, the near coincidence of this full moon with perigee will result in a dramatically large range of high and low ocean tides. Any coastal storm at sea around this time would almost certainly aggravate coastal flooding problems at high tide, or, in the case of a strong wind pushing the water offshore, it would create a very low water situation at low tide.
Supermoons by definition happen “when a full moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit, a point known as perigee,” according to NASA.
“During every 27-day orbit around Earth, the Moon reaches both its perigee, about 226,000 miles (363,300 km) from Earth, and its farthest point, or apogee, about 251,000 miles (405,500 km) from Earth.”
Supermoons in general appear 17% bigger and 30% brighter than when the moon is at its farthest point away from Earth, according to NASA. Supermoons are slightly bigger and brighter than most full moons, too. Just because it’s bigger and brighter doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll see it unaided, so binoculars may give you a better view.
You’ll be able to step outside and enjoy the view with the supermoon brightly illuminating our early autumn evening sky.
Enjoy the view, Beaufort, SC!
