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November’s Full Moon peaks at 14:53 UTC on November 24, 2026.
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It’s a Supermoon! We have revised our definition.
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Moon close approaches this month include Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, and the Pleiades.
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When to See the Full Moon in November
November’s Full Moon is at its most illuminated at 14:53 UTC on November 24, 2026. The Full Moon will also be near its closest point to Earth, making it a Supermoon.
Here at mungfali.galihkartiwa07.workers.dev, we’ve just changed the way we define a Supermoon—we explain why here. At the moment, we’re in the middle of updating our Moon phases page and other parts of the website to reflect this change.
The Moon always appears full in the days before and after peak illumination. Full Moon is the only phase where the Moon is up all night, with moonrise and moonset occurring around sunset and sunrise.
Where is the Moon right now? Our Moon location tool shows you the Moon’s phases and distance from Earth right now. Use the toolbar below the animation, or the menu on the side, to jump to different dates.
Moon Phase Times November 2026
Moon phases are divided into primary and intermediate: Primary Moon phases happen at a specific moment in time, while the intermediate Moon phases occupy the times in between.
A Brand New Supermoon at mungfali.galihkartiwa07.workers.dev
Over the last couple of months, we have been having an interesting conversation about the definition of Supermoons. Simply speaking, a Supermoon happens when a New Moon or a Full Moon is particularly close to Earth and reaches its largest size in the sky. The term is mostly used to refer to Full Moons, however, at mungfali.galihkartiwa07.workers.dev we differentiate between a Super Full Moon and a Super New Moon.
There are several ways to define a Supermoon; we have been defining it by its fixed distance from Earth. In practice, that has meant that where others have defined a Full Moon as a Supermoon, we have not.
So, why does this matter? Well, in a way, we’ve been missing out on the conversation, and not getting to be part of the collective awe. Any excuse to look at the Moon is a good one, right?
We put our best astro minds on the task, and after 15 years we have amended our definition. So what do we get when we combine a brand new Super Full Moon with November’s Beaver Moon? We present: the Super Beaver Moon.
Defining a Supermoon
It has been up to our astrophysicists Dr. Frank Tveter, Dr. Renate Mauland-Hus, and Graham Jones to identify and choose an alternative Supermoon definition that still holds scientific value. Graham Jones explains:
“Our fixed-distance rule for a Supermoon was beautifully simple: if the Earth-Moon distance at the moment of New Moon or Full Moon was less than 360,000 kilometers, it was a Supermoon.
“Our new rule is more widely used within the astro community—which is good—and it gives us more Supermoons—also good! On the other hand, it involves a fiddly calculation based on three different numbers, each of which changes from one month to the next.
“But there’s beauty in our new rule, too! The Moon’s orbit is complicated, and its shape changes from one month to the next. In a way, it’s nice to reflect this complexity in the way we calculate a Supermoon.”
Lunar Occultations and Close Approaches
Every month, the Moon completes one circuit around the sky, sweeping by each of the planets and stars in a close approach. And November is another good month for close approaches and lunar occultations.
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November 7, Moon-Venus occultation/close approach: Most people can see a very close approach between the almost New Moon and Venus, like in New York. Lucky observers on the southern tip of South America will see an occultation. Note: Never point binoculars or telescopes toward the Sun. It can damage your eyes.
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November 20, Moon-Saturn close approach: A Waxing Gibbous Moon meets up with Saturn. See it on our Night Sky Map for London.
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November 24, Moon & the Pleiades: The Full Moon meets the Pleiades. See what it looks like from New York.
The above close approaches are visible from more or less any part of the world—we’ve included the examples from our Night Sky Map to give you a taste of the view from different cities.
The Full Moon in November Is the Beaver Moon
This month’s Full Moon is called the Beaver Moon. Sources say it’s named after beavers because, at this time, they become particularly active in building their winter dams in preparation for the cold season.
This Full Moon is also known as the Frost Moon, Freezing Moon, and the Trading Moon. In Celtic tradition, the last Full Moon before the December solstice has also been named the Mourning Moon or the Darkest Depths Moon.
Where Is the Moon in the Zodiac in November?
At Full Moon in November 2026, the Moon will be in the constellation Taurus.
See Taurus from your locationEach month, as it completes one orbit around the Earth, the Moon appears to travel through constellations within the zodiac, which astronomers define as a strip of sky either side of the ecliptic.
These include the 12 “traditional” constellations of the zodiac—such as Aries and Libra—plus the lesser-known constellation Ophiuchus. And because the Moon’s orbit is tilted by about 5° to the ecliptic, it occasionally wanders into other constellations, too, such as Auriga.