Though officially full on Friday, November 15, at 4:29 p.m. EST, the moon will also look plenty full and bright all night both Thursday and Saturday.

This month, the full moon will light up the night skies on Friday, November 15. Dubbed the Beaver Moon, it will also be the last supermoon of 2024. As millions of skywatchers await the lunar spectacle, here's all you need to know:

If you plan on gazing at November's supermoon, make sure you don't miss it. If you do, you will have to wait until Oct. 7, 2025, for a chance to see it again ― the date of next year's first supermoon. The year's other two supermoons will occur in November and December.

This month, the Beaver Moon rises in the night sky and is the last supermoon of the year, which will appear this Friday, 15 November.

Skygazers will soon be able to see the moon appear larger and brighter than normal for the last time until next year. The fourth and final supermoon of 2024 will reach peak illumination at 3:28 p.m. CT on Friday,

The lunar phase calendar year is wrapping up with November’s sky closing out the year’s last supermoon, part of a series that began in August. Supermoons in the lunar calendar are slightly closer to Earth than the average full moon,