The November Beaver Moon is the final of four supermoons in 2024, following August's Sturgeon Moon, September's Harvest Moon and October's Hunter's Moon

More a popular term than a scientific one, a supermoon occurs when a full lunar phase syncs up with an especially close swing around Earth. This usually happens only three or four times a year and consecutively, given the moon’s constantly shifting, oval-shaped orbit.

If you plan on gazing at November's supermoon, make sure you don't miss it. If you do, you will have to wait until Oct. 7, 2025, for a chance to see it again ― the date of next year's first supermoon. The year's other two supermoons will occur in November and December.

Skygazers will soon be able to see the moon appear larger and brighter than normal for the last time until next year. The fourth and final supermoon of 2024 will reach peak illumination at 3:28 p.m. CT on Friday, when our natural satellite comes within 224,853 miles of Earth.

November has the last supermoon of 2024 and the last one for 11 months. Here's what it's called and how to see it this week.

Though officially full on Friday, November 15, at 4:29 p.m. EST, the moon will also look plenty full and bright all night both Thursday and Saturday.

The next full moon - a supermoon - is on the way later this month, and weather forecasters are already saying it should be a good night for viewing on the day in question. "The lunar cycle lasts about 29.

This week's special full moon will be the last supermoon to be seen for a year, followed by a bright cosmic meteor shower called the Leonids.