Dec.’s full ‘cold moon’ will be a supermoon
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December is bringing us the last supermoon of 2025. On Thursday, Dec. 4, the supermoon will take over the sky, according to NASA. December's moon, also known as the Cold Moon, will light up the night sky, and the supermoon will look around 30% brighter and up to 14% larger.
The December 2025 supermoon will be approximately 221,966 miles from Earth at its closest approach. The December supermoon will rise in Arizona at 4:58 p.m., according the the website Time and Date. It will reach peak brightness at 12:41 a.m., when the moon climbs to its highest point in the night sky.
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The next full moon over Georgia won't just be the last full moon of the year and the last supermoon of the year, it will also be the last chance anyone gets to see a supermoon until late spring. Thursday, Dec. 4, is when the Cold Moon should reach peak illumination. The moon's phases over the next month are:
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