If you’re a fan of stargazing, make sure you mark Monday morning off in your diary.
That day, a Full Beaver Moon is set to appear, and you don’t want to miss it!
The Full Beaver Moon will peak at around 09:30 GMT, but will appear full from this weekend, according to NASA.
It explained: “The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Saturday night through Tuesday morning.
“The Moon will be close enough to opposite the Sun that it will pass through the partial shadow of the Earth, with 83 percent of the Moon in the partial shadow at 4:44 AM, the peak of the eclipse.
“The dimming of the Moon during this eclipse will probably not be noticeable without instrumentation, but for spacecraft at the Moon such as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) the reduction in solar power will be noticeable.”
This particular full moon is known by several names, including the Beaver Moon, the Frost Moon and the Oak Moon.
NASA explained: “Going by season, as the last full Moon of the autumn the Algonquin tribes of what is now the northern and eastern United States called this Moon the Cold Moon, due to the long, cold nights.
“Other names were the Frost Moon or the Winter Moon, for the frosts as winter nears. Going by month, this would be the Beaver Moon and the full Moon after next would be the Cold Moon.”
If you miss this month's full moon, the good news is that there’s another full moon in 2020.
The Full Cold Moon will take to the skies on December 29.
