Overview

• The full phase occurs overnight Oct. 6–7 (late Monday in the U.S., pre-dawn Tuesday in Europe), with UK moonrise around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday.
• Viewing hinges on local skies after recent storminess, with clearer conditions favored across southern England and higher cloud and rain risk farther north.
• This begins a three‑month run of supermoons on Oct. 7, Nov. 5 and Dec. 4, with the Nov. 5 event projected to be the closest and brightest of 2025.
• Near perigee, the moon can appear up to about 14% larger and 30% brighter than at apogee, with October’s full moon about 224,599 miles from Earth.
• It qualifies as the year’s Harvest full moon because it is the one nearest the equinox, and it is the first supermoon since November 2024.