MIAMI, Florida – The November 2025 Full Moon is a Supermoon that will occur on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, beginning with a moonrise over Florida’s east coast at 4:51 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (with a few minutes of variation depending on your exact location).
The Full Moon will technically reach peak illumination at 8:19 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 5, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.
November’s Full Moon is called a Beaver Moon that also happens to be a Supermoon in 2025. It is the closest Supermoon of the year.
According to NASA, a Supermoon occurs because the Moon is in an elliptical orbit around the Earth.
When the Moon is closest, it is at its orbital perigee, which is why a Super Moon is also known as a Perigee Moon.
At its closest point, the full moon can appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the faintest Moon of the year, which occurs when it’s farthest from Earth in its orbit.
A full moon at its closest point to Earth definitely will be big and bright. But it won’t look much, if any, different than a “normal” full moon and will not have any readily observable effect on our planet except perhaps slightly higher tides for most areas around the world and much higher King Tides in South Florida.
November’s Full Moon is the second of three consecutive supermoons.
Low hanging moons near the horizon appear larger to humans. So, the Supermoon will appear biggest to the naked eye on the U.S east coast during and just after the moonrise.
According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the Beaver Moon is named after beavers who can be seen preparing for the winter.
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.
For those planning to walk, bike, or run along the beach in Florida, this Full Moon brings along with it a 4 ft. + Atlantic Ocean high tide on the east coast and a 2 ft. + high tide on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
The risk for moderate coastal flooding near times of enhanced astronomical high tides (King tides) around November’s Full Moon will be possible from November 4 into early next week for Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties.
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