Beaver Moon: Full Supermoon in November 2024

www.almanac.com ^ | November 6, 2024 | Catherine Boeckmann

[Red Badger]

November’s full Beaver Supermoon reaches peak illumination on Friday, November 15, 2024. This is our fourth and final Supermoon of the year! Get more information, including Full Moon rise times, why we call it a Beaver Moon, and the best days by the Moon.

When to See November’s Full Moon The Beaver Moon reaches peak illumination on Friday, November 15, at 4:29 P.M. EST. Find out exactly what time the full Moon will appear above the horizon in your area with our Moonrise and Moonset Calculator.

This is the final supermoon of four consecutive supermoons of the year! This means that it will appear bigger and brighter than normal! Learn about what it means to be a Supermoon.

Why Is It Called the Beaver Moon?

For decades, the Almanac has referenced the monthly full Moons with names tied to early Native American, Colonial American, and European folklore. Traditionally, each full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred and through all of the Moon’s phases—not only the full Moon.

The Beaver Moon

Why the “Beaver” Moon? This is the time of year when beavers begin to take shelter in their lodges, having laid up sufficient food stores for the long winter ahead. During the fur trade in North America, it was also the season to trap beavers for their thick, winter-ready pelts.

Alternative November Moon Names

November’s Moon names highlight the actions of animals preparing for winter and the onset of the colder days ahead. Digging (or Scratching) Moon, a Tlingit name, evokes the image of animals foraging for fallen nuts and shoots of green foliage and bears digging their winter dens. The Dakota and Lakota term Deer Rutting Moon refers to the time when deer seek mates, and the Algonquin Whitefish Moon describes the spawning time for this fish.

About the seasonal change of November, this Moon has been called the Frost Moon by the Cree and Assiniboine peoples and the Freezing Moon by the Anishinaabe—for good reason, as winter is right around the corner!

phase this month (in Eastern Time). Click here to see the Moon Phase dates and times for your location.

Moon Phases for November 2024

New Moon New Moon: November 1, 8:47 A.M. EST

First Quarter New Moon First Quarter: November 9, 12:55 A.M. EST

Full Moon Full Moon: November 15, 4:29 P.M. EST

New Moon Last Quarter Last Quarter: November 22, 8:27 P.M. EST

[Larry Lucido]

Nice beaver!

Thanks I just had it stuffed.

[Red Badger]

Ping!..................🙄

[noiseman]

And here…we…go…

[ClearCase_guy]

[Dilbert San Diego]

LOL, I came here for the jokes.

[Ignatz]

This thread is useless without pics!

[SunkenCiv]

That explains the tail. /rimshot

Joint News Release
Boston University
Center for Space Physics
and American Geophysical Union
1 June 1999

Boston University astronomers announced today the discovery of an enormous tail of sodium gas stretching to great distances from the moon. The observations were made at the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas, on nights following the Leonid meteor shower of November 1998. The tail of sodium gas was seen to distances of at least 500,000 miles from the moon, changing its appearance over three consecutive nights... Ten years ago, groundbased telescopes revealed that sodium gas (Na) was in the lunar atmosphere, an element that can be used to trace the shape and behavior of such a thin atmosphere... The BU team considered several theories that could explain these unusual features, ruling out a comet, the impact of Leonid meteors upon dust in the solar system, and even possible instrumentation problems... [T]he August observations without meteors and the November observations with meteors imply that the daily flux of micrometeors that strikes the moon's surface creates an extended tail at all times; it was just so enhanced during the strong Leonid storm that it was observed rather easily.

[caddie]

Signs and wonders.

Lots of them this year if you recall.