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The final supermoon of 2024, November’s Beaver Moon, thrilled skywatchers around the world as it ushered in the weekend with a stunning sight in the night sky.
The November full moon rose on Friday (November 15) while the moon was slightly closer to Earth in its orbit, making it a so-called supermoon. Due to the Moon’s proximity to Earth during the full phase, these full moons may appear slightly larger in the night sky. November’s Beaver Moon was the last of four consecutive supermoons this year, a series that began with the Sturgeon supermoon in August.
As seen in the photos below, the Beaver full moon did not disappoint.
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For some sky watchers like Lisa Shislowski, a photographer from Plantation, Florida, the Super Beaver Moon show began early Friday.
“As I was running an early morning errand before sunrise this morning, I saw the bright Beaver Moon approaching setting in the sky,” Shislowski told Space.com in an email.
“I drove to a levee area in Coral Springs to watch the moon go down. As the moon was about to set, the glow of the moon turned a brighter orange and set behind the long stalks of sawgrass in the Everglades.”
The full moon will rise over the Florida Everglades on November 15, 2024.
The full moon will rise over the Everglades in Florida on November 15, 2024.
Shislowski took a series of stunning images of the Beaver full moon with a thin line of clouds crossing its face as it glided closer and closer to the horizon.
Photojournalist Gary Hershorn faced a completely different kind of horizon on Friday evening in New York City. Hershorn, who regularly shares night sky images on The photos were even published by Getty Images.
Hershorn also captured a stunning view of the Super Beaver Moon, which was backlit for observers 1,100 feet up on the EdgeNYC Observation Deck and City Climb at Hudson Yards in New York City. I have been to this observation deck and I can say that the view in the evening is breathtaking.
In Secaucus, New Jersey, photojournalist Islam Dogru captured the mix of nature and pleasure in two images from the last supermoon of the year.
In one photo, Dogru, a photographer for Anadolu and Getty Images, shows the full moon framed between a flock of birds and a power line, while other birds rest in the morning light on Saturday (November 16).
A flock of birds flies over the full moon while other birds rest on a wire.
Dogru’s second photo then looked out over the massive American Dream Mall in New Jersey, where the Beaver Moon shone over a giant Ferris wheel at daybreak.
A full moon shines over a huge Ferris wheel
Jason Major, a graphic designer and astrophotographer from Rhode Island who processes NASA images in his spare time, captured a serene view of the Beaver full moon glowing in the pink evening sky above swimming ducks and skeletal, leafless trees.
In Kashmir, photographer Muzamil Mattoo of NurPHoto and Getty Images captured the supermoon shining over buildings in Srinagar. Most of Mattoo’s photos show the moon silhouetted by a crescent moon or a crescent moon and a star on local buildings.
The bright full moon creates a crescent lunar structure on a building
Meanwhile, in Singapore, photojournalist Roslan Rahman of AFP and Getty Images captured a blindingly bright Beaver Moon that rose amid thin clouds over the city-state early on November 16.
The bright full moon above thin clouds in Singapore
Check out these other amazing Beaver Moon supermoon photos from across X.
If they are beautiful Full moon Photos inspire you to learn more about observing the moon ultimate guide to observing the moon can help you plan for the next full moon, the cold moon in December. You can also see where astronauts, rovers and landers have ventured with our Guide to Observing the Apollo Landing Sites.
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