ByJamie Carter,
Senior Contributor.
The full harvest moon — the first of fall in the Northern Hemisphere — will turn full on Monday, Oct. 6, but in North America it will be best seen at moonrise on Tuesday, Oct. 7. It’s called the harvest moon because it’s the closest full moon to the equinox on Sept. 22, and its light traditionally helps farmers work all night to gather crops. As well as coinciding with the peak of the Draconid meteor shower, October’s harvest moon will be the first of four “supermoons” in a row to round out 2025.
The harvest moon will turn full at 11:49 p.m. EST on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. It will look full the night before and the night after, but the best time to watch it rise in North America will be at moonrise during dusk on Tuesday, Oct. 7, when it will appear on the eastern horizon shortly after sunset.
According to EarthSky, October’s full moon can be known as the harvest moon (if it’s the closest full moon to September’s equinox) or the hunter’s moon (if September’s full moon is the closest to the equinox).
