Each full moon has its own name. Learn about the naming tradition, full moon dates, the first supermoon of 2025 and more.

A composite of each month’s Full Moon in 2020 and 2021. Credit: Soumyadeep Mukherjee ... are busy building their winter dams. Cold Moon (December): Evocative of winter’s chill.

Also rare this year: a full moon during Christmas. Known as the Cold Moon and the Long Night Moon, December’s lunar rarity will rise near sunset on Dec. 25, 26 and 27, with peak illumination ...

Here are the dates for the full moons in 2025. The next full moon will be on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. It will officially reach its full moon phase at 8:53 a.m. EDT (1353 GMT) but local moonrise ...