The last full Moon of 2025 is going to rise with all the panache conferred by a simultaneous perigee.

On the night of Thursday, December 4, as the Northern Hemisphere enters winter, a Cold Supermoon will rise over the eastern horizon at sunset, sailing into the sky with an apparent boost in size and brightness.

Since cold air has less humidity — making the sky clearer and more transparent – t he event offers a brilliant opportunity for moonrise photography.

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Supermoons are a natural consequence of the shape of the lunar orbit around Earth. It's not perfectly round, but slightly oval; as a result, there are points along the Moon 's path at which it is slightly closer or slightly farther than its average distance of 384,400 kilometers (238,855 miles) from Earth.

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