Here’s How You Can See the ‘Beaver’ Supermoon, the Last One That Will Light Up the Sky for a Year

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This video was recently captured in the skies over Vietnam and this is November’s famed supermoon. It’s called the Beaver Moon and it’s the last one for a while.

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00:00This video was recently captured in the skies over Vietnam, and this is November's famed

00:09supermoon.

00:10It's called the Beaver Moon, so named after the season in which beavers begin sheltering

00:14for the winter, and when historically trappers would have their last chance to snare any

00:18pelts ahead of that.

00:19And while the video was taken in Vietnam, NASA says those in North America will get

00:23a chance to witness November's epic lunar show as well.

00:26If you're on the East Coast, experts say that the moon will reach its peak at just

00:29shy of 10 minutes before sunset at 4.29pm.

00:33At that point, 100% of the lunar face will be illuminated by the sun, with Saturday nights

00:38near full moon still having 99% illumination.

00:41Supermoons occur when the moon is both in its full phase and when its orbit is closest

00:45to Earth, making for an intensely illuminated face that appears more broadly in the sky.

00:49At its furthest, the moon swings some 252,088 miles away from our planet, while at its closest

00:55it comes within 225,623 miles.

00:59And if you miss the Beaver Moon, you'll have to wait a while before the next one.

01:02According to NASA, the moon's next super showing won't occur until November 2025.

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