Overview
- Space agencies and observatories, including NASA, the Royal Observatory Greenwich and Pakistan’s SUPARCO, confirmed the event as a supermoon with near‑full illumination reported around 99.8% in some regions.
- Peak fullness was noted at about 10:03 a.m. GMT (5:30 a.m. EST/4:00 p.m. IST), with Pakistan’s moonrise at 5:51 p.m. PKT and India’s most striking views just after sunset.
- At roughly 362,000–362,312 km from Earth (about 225,130 miles), the Moon appeared up to about 14% larger and 30% brighter than the year’s faintest full Moon, though SUPARCO estimated a 6–7% size increase locally.
- Officials described it as the fourth and final supermoon since October 2025, with the next supermoon expected in November 2026.
- The bright lunar display coincided with the Quadrantid meteor shower, reducing visibility of faint meteors while brighter fireballs remained observable, according to expert guidance.