A super close Supermoon will occur this week. The moon will be as close to Earth as it can get this month, fully illuminated for skywatchers, according to the Earth Sky, a science website that provides daily news and information on astronomy and space.
The supermoon is set to rise on Wednesday, Nov. 5, with peak illumination at 8:19 a.m. ET. It will rise low on the horizon and, like the October Harvest moon, it will rise around the same time for several nights.
It the weather permits, this visual phenomenon will be low in the sky, making it perfect for photographing or simply taking in the crisp autumn evening sky.
The moon's orbit is elliptical, or egg-shaped, rather than a perfect circle around the Earth. A supermoon is a celestial event where the moon's orbit brings it closer to Earth than usual. When the Moon is full and it reaches its closest point to Earth, it is called a "supermoon." As the Moon reaches perigee, the point when it is nearest to Earth in its orbit, the Moon will appear much larger and brighter.
The Nov. 5 supermoon will be the closest in 2025, at roughly 221,817 miles from Earth, according to EarthSky.org. That's 2,782 miles closer to Earth than October's supermoon, that was about 224,599 miles, which will make it appear even larger for skywatchers.
