NEW YORK (AP) — The last supermoon of the year will shine soon in December skies.

The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. When a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit, a so-called supermoon happens. It makes the moon look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year, according to NASA.

Supermoons happen a few times a year in clusters, taking advantage of the sweet spot in the moon’s elliptical orbit. Thursday night will be the last of three in a row in 2025.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the supermoon will be 100% illuminated on Thursday at 4:14 p.m. Mountain Time, but in Utah, sunset will occur just afterwards, around 5 p.m. The timing may seem like Utahns won’t get a gli

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