The first supermoon of 2025 will light up Australian skies tonight
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The very first supermoon of 2025 is expected to cast its celestial glow across Australian nightskies tonight.

The October full moon – also known as harvest moon –offers a resplendent astronomical view of the moon as it sits at its closest position to our planet.

It will be hard to miss if it is not a cloudy evening.

The October full moon – also known as harvest moon – will make an appearance tonight in Australia. (AP)

This spectacular harvest moon will rise high in the eastern skies just after sunset on the east coast.

The sun will set today at 7.02pm AEDT.

Astrophysicist Dr Laura Driessen from the School of Physics at Sydney University told 9news.com.au the moon will be so bright, it may be hard to see anything else in the sky.

“The moon is going to be really nice and bright, so everyone should be able to see it so long as the sky is clear. It doesn’t matter if you’re out in the bush or in the city, we’ll all get a great view,” she said.

“The full moon is so bright that it makes it hard to do any other stargazing. So it’s the perfect time to see the moon, but not much else in the night sky.

“It’s the ultimate, night-time, natural light pollution.”

Sydney, Australia - May 6, 2023: Moonset view over Sydney Harbour.
This spectacular harvest moon will rise high in the eastern skies just after sunset on the east coast. (Getty)

But if you’re busy tonight and will miss the harvest moon in all its glory, don’t fret.

The harvest moon will also be visible tomorrow night (October 8), but it won’t be as full.

According to Sky At Night magazine, the harvest moon is also unique this month because it rises each evening at the exact same time.

It’s also the closest full moon to the September equinox.

This harvest moon will also be a supermoon, which is when the moon is closest to the earth in its orbit.

The super blue moon rises over Bondi Beach.  The rare phenomenon occurs when super moon, which occurs when the moon appears larger than usual, and a blue moon, or the second full moon in a month occur together.  31 August, 2023. Photo: Brook Mitchell
The full moon will also be visible tomorrow night (October 8), but it won’t be as full. (Brook Mitchell)

“It is technically a ‘supermoon’, though that’s not an astronomical term,” Driessen added.

“The Moon’s orbit around Earth is slightly oval/elliptical instead of being perfectly round.

“That means that on one side of it’s orbit, the moon is closer to the Earth than the other.”

It will be the first of three supermoons we will see for the rest of this year.

On November 4, the ‘Beaver’ supermoon will make an appearance.

And on December 4, the ‘Cold’ moon will arrive in the nightsky.

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