The full Beaver Supermoon rises behind the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building in New … [+]
November’s full moon, the “Beaver Moon,” emerged brightly Saturday night as the last supermoon of the year.
Here are the best images of the full moon from around the world:
Beaver Full Moon, the last super moon of the year appears to set behind the birds perched on a wire … [+]
November’s full moon is called the Beaver Moon, but it’s also called the “Mourning Moon” and the “Frost Moon.”
HOBOKEN, NJ – NOVEMBER 15: People participating in the City Climb at the EdgeNYC Observation Deck Pavilion … [+]
Completed at 21:28 UTC/4:28 PM. EST on Friday, November 15, but the best time to watch it was at moonrise on Saturday, November 16.
The super moon rises behind the cross of the Armenian-Catholic Cathedral in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, … [+]
As it appeared above the eastern horizon just after sunset, it coincided with the peak of the annual Leonid meteor shower.
JERSEY CITY, NJ – NOVEMBER 15: The full Beaver Supermoon rises behind the Empire State Building in … [+]
From Earth’s perspective, the full moon is the lunar phase when the moon appears fully illuminated by the sun. However, it is always 50% illuminated by the sun – it’s just that we can only see one face of the moon.
A supermoon rises near the border between Israel and Lebanon as seen from Haifa Bay, north … [+]
The moon shows us only one face because it is tidally locked to Earth, rotating only once during its 27.3-day orbit. This is the length of a day on the moon.
JERSEY CITY, NJ – NOVEMBER 15: The full Beaver Supermoon rises behind the Chrysler Building on New … [+]
Since the Earth and the moon also orbit the sun, the time interval between two full moons is 29.5 days.
A bronze sculpture of “Ad Astra” of a Kansas Indian perched atop the dome of the Kansas State Capitol is sketched … [+]
At a distance of 224,853 miles (361,866 km) from Earth, the Beaver Moon was the third smallest of the four supermoons of 2024.
The full moon rises from Vientiane, Laos on November 16, 2024.
Supermoon is an astrological term for a perigee full moon, which is slightly larger and brighter than the average full moon.
The moon rises over the Olympic Tower in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Since the moon’s orbital path around the Earth is a small ellipse, there is a nearby point (perigee) and a far point (apogee) every month. A supermoon may appear to be about 10% larger in apparent size.
The supermoon is seen over a park in Lianyungang city, east China’s Jiangsu province, November 15, 2024. … [+]
The next full moon after the Beaver Moon will be the “Cold Moon” full moon at 9:01 UTC/4:01 AM. ET on Sunday, Dec. 15 — the third full moon of the fall and the final of 12 full moons in 2024.
Birds fly in front of the full moon rising over Rome, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra … [+]
The last full moon of 2024, the Beaver Moon will reach higher in the sky than any other full moon of the year.
I wish you clear skies and open eyes.
