October supermoon to shine as the biggest and brightest of 2025, first in a string of 3

A big celestial treat is on the way, far before Halloween, as the first of three consecutive “supermoons” is set to light up the October sky.

The full October moon — nicknamed the harvest moon because of the crop harvesting season and also the hunter’s moon for the autumn hunting season — will start to rise low on the horizon in the eastern sky at about 6:10 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Oct. 6.

The moon will officially reach its fullest phase at 11:48 p.m.

Its close orbit to the Earth will make this a supermoon, a full moon that is slightly bigger and brighter than an ordinary full moon.

Even better, the October moon will be the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2025 , according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

The full moons on Nov. 5 (known as the beaver moon) and Dec. 4 (nickn