Overview
- The full Moon reached peak phase around 10:03 GMT (5:30 a.m. EST) on January 3 and was widely seen from the UK and Europe to South Asia, East Asia and North America.
- Officials reported the Moon was roughly 362,000–362,312 km from Earth with about 99.8% illumination, making it up to about 14% larger and as much as 30% brighter than the year's faintest full Moon.
- Space agencies and observatories confirmed this was the fourth consecutive supermoon since October 2025, concluding the current sequence, with the next supermoon expected in November 2026.
- Skywatchers shared striking images from locations including Stonehenge, Glasgow, London’s Richmond Park, Guwahati and Bhubaneswar in India, cities across Pakistan, New York and Baltimore.
- The bright moonlight overlapped the Quadrantid meteor shower’s peak on January 2–4, reducing visibility of fainter meteors though brighter streaks remained observable.