We’ve seen nine months of the year come and go with only small- to medium-sized full moons so far. Astronomers measured several skimpy-looking moons last spring. There were four meagre micromoons.
That pattern will change next month when supermoon season starts in full swing, with the October 2025 full moon—the largest full moon of the year—kicking things off.
It occurs at exactly 11:48 p.m. Eastern Time on Oct. 6, making it the full moon closest to the autumn equinox. The full moon closest to the equinox is traditionally called the Harvest Moon. The title swaps between September and October. Two out of every three years it lands in September, but this year’s Harvest Moon is odd, being in the month of Halloween. When not assuming the title Harvest Moon, though, the October full moon is traditionally called the Hunter’s Moon while September’s fallback handle is Corn Moon….