Supermoons happen a few times a year in clusters, and Thursday night’s event is the last of three in a row in 2025.

The Moon is getting 1½ inches (3.8 centimeters) farther away from the Earth every year. Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

The last supermoon of 2025 will rise in December, bringing with it brighter skies and a second round of king tides to the Oregon Coast.

December’s Cold Moon peaks Thursday, and it’s another supermoon. That means the moon is in its closest approach to Earth in accordance with the month’s full moon. Some

The next full moon will reach its peak at 6:14 p.m. ET Dec. 4. It'll be a supermoon, a full moon that occurs closest to the Earth in its orbit. December's full moon will occur at today at 6:14 p.m. ET. Clouds are predicted to bring poor viewing conditions across the Panhandle and North Florida around 7 p.m.

E veryone knows Earth has one moon. That big, bright object in the night sky is the Moon with a capital M. But astronomers have discovered that Earth actually has several other moonlike objects orbiting it at any given time. These quasi-moons and mini-moons are small, temporary, but very real.

The last full moon of the year—also known as the “Cold Moon”—on Thursday night fired up the skies across America. A supermoon occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon’s closest approach to Earth in its orbit,