The November night sky is set to deliver one of its most stunning sights as the Beaver Moon — 2025’s biggest and brightest Supermoon — rises Wednesday evening. It marks the second in a rare series of three consecutive Supermoons appearing this year, following October’s and preceding December’s.

A Supermoon happens when two cosmic events align: a full moon and the Moon’s closest approach to Earth in its orbit, known as perigee. Because the Moon’s orbit is slightly elliptical, sometimes it travels nearer to Earth. When a full moon coincides with this point, it seems up to 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than when it is farthest away at apogee.

This Wednesday, the Moon will reach perigee at 6:50 pm IST, coming within 356,980 kilometres of Earth — the closest approach since Feb

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