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Harvest Supermoon Lights Up Skies Worldwide, Starting a Run of Consecutive Supermoons

The year's first supermoon coincided with lunar perigee, boosting the Moon’s apparent size and brightness and contributing to slightly higher tides in some coastal areas.

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A photograph of the Harvest supermoon over the West Irian Liberation Monument in Jakarta in Indonesia on Monday.
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Supermoon 2025

Overview

  • The Harvest Moon reached full illumination at 11:48 p.m. ET on Oct. 6, marking 2025’s first supermoon.
  • A supermoon occurs when a full moon aligns near perigee, making it appear up to about 14% larger and roughly 30% brighter than the smallest full moon, according to NASA.
  • Photographers captured striking views across the globe, with widely shared images from the U.S., UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
  • The sequence continues with additional supermoons on Nov. 5 and Dec. 4, with further events expected into early 2026 per NASA.
  • Some outlets highlighted that this year’s Harvest Moon fell in October rather than September, an occurrence noted as unusual, and minor king-tide flooding was reported in parts of the U.S. Southeast.