The Cold Moon, final supermoon of 2025, to illuminate Singapore's night sky on Dec 4
The Cold Moon will illuminate Singapore's night skies on Dec 4.It is the third and last in a series of consecutive super full moons and comes after November's Beaver Moon, the second super full moon of this year. The first super full moon of the year, the Harvest Moon, appeared in October.The Cold Moon will reach full illumination at 7.14am on Dec 5, according to astronomy website timeanddate.com.A full illumination refers to the exact moment when the moon, earth and sun are aligned, with the moon appearing completely lit by the sun's rays. Although this happens in the morning, the moon will look full throughout the night of Dec 4.The Cold Moon was named by the Mohawk people of North America, and it rises during the year's longest nights, near the Northern Hemisphere's year-end winter solstice.It is expected to glow longer over the horizon than most full moons, says The Old Farmer's Almanac, a North American periodical on astronomy and meteorology.