Supermoon Lights Up the Sky
The November 2025 supermoon will appear up to 30 percent brighter than the dimmest full moon, being the closest the full moon has been to Earth in over 6 years.
In astronomy, this phenomenon is known as a supermoon, and this one is the biggest in years. To put its size into perspective, if you hold a U.S. nickel out against the sky, that's the size of the smallest full moon, while a supermoon is about the size of a U.S. quarter.
The moon's orbit is slightly oval shaped, known as an elliptical orbit, with the farthest point, called its apogee, being about a quarter of a million miles away, and the closest point, called the perigee, with the Moon between about 220,000 and 230,000 miles away.
Although the supermoon won't be wearing a cape, it'll certainly be super-sized.
Author's summary: Supermoon is the brightest since 2019.