November’s Beaver Moon

I took this picture from our car window driving up Cedar Avenue towards the airport last night, November 5, 2025 at 5:01 pm. The coloring changed so much from 8 minutes earlier.

The most common name for November’s full moon is the Beaver Moon. Apparently it’s so named because beavers are busy building their winter dams in November.

The is the first picture I took from the car of the full moon rising. I zoomed in and the photo is a bit grainy.
(11/6/25 4:53 pm.)

November’s full moon has two names…it can also be called the frost moon, because frost is usual in Minnesota during this month.

November’s full moon, on November 5, was a supermoon. It was the largest and brightest moon of year (the distance from the earth was the closest). There are three supermoons in 2025…October, November and December.

No matter what time of the year, it’s always spectacular to see the moon.

4 thoughts on “November’s Beaver Moon”

    1. I recently learned it too…and two names…that seems to be true of other month’s full moons too. It can be confusing!

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