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Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Images not Posted during the Government Shutdown - A Full Moon at Perigee
NASA ^ | 8 Nov, 2025 | Image Credit & Copyright: Betul Turksoy

Posted on 12/24/2025 9:16:32 AM PST by MtnClimber

Explanation: What is big, bright, and beautiful, can wear a cape made of clouds, and is at the closest point in its elliptical orbit around planet Earth? A full moon at perigee of course, captured here near moonset in predawn skies on November 5 from Kayseri, Turkiye. Full moons that happen at (or very near) perigee, and so are slightly larger and brighter than full moons on average, have become popularly known as supermoons. In fact, this full moon at perigee is the closest and brightest of the three supermoons of 2025. Rising as the Sun sets, this full moon follows this October's Harvest Moon and is traditionally known to some as the Hunter's Moon.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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1 posted on 12/24/2025 9:16:32 AM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 12/24/2025 9:16:55 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 12/24/2025 9:17:43 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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4 posted on 12/24/2025 9:25:30 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Wow.


5 posted on 12/24/2025 9:35:45 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Diogenesis

Neat.


6 posted on 12/24/2025 9:35:51 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Love how the clouds appear to be behind the moon. 🤔


7 posted on 12/24/2025 10:00:07 AM PST by Jarvis Law 2.0
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