Did the full moon wake you last night as it shone through the window covering? It did me.
The October 2025 full moon actually is 11:47 p.m. ET, Oct 6, but it will look large and full this weekend thru Oct.8 because it is a Supermoon.
It appears larger and brighter because it is closer to Earth than this year’s previous full moons. It is the first of three Supermoons in 2025.
It is also called the Harvest Moon which sometimes appears in September depending on when the autumnal equinox falls.
If you are driving past a field that is no longer full of corn you likely understand why the October full moon this year is called the Harvest Moon.
But sometimes we think of the Harvest Moon as falling in September. That “date” depends on the September (autumnal equinox) which this year was Sept. 22. The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon. This year we called the September full moon the Corn Moon.
BTW the Anishinaabe tribe calls the October Moon the Falling Leaves Moon.
Maybe you noticed evening started to come earlier after Sept. 22. Our daylight is shortening and our yard is covered with leaves.
More information at Time and Date and at Old Farmer’s Almanac
