Skywatchers have plenty to look forward to in 2025, as the year will feature three supermoons, a partial solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse to go along with a dozen full moons.
From January to December, there will be a full moon on one day of each month, according to the Old Farmers Almanac.
The almanac reads that each full moon has a given nickname that comes from "Native American, Colonial American or other traditional North American sources passed down through generations."
The names of each full moon and the times they turn full are listed as follows:
The hunter's, beaver and cold moon will all be supermoons, according to space.com. NASA defines a supermoon as an occurrence where a full moon coincides with the moon's closest approach to Earth in its elliptical orbit.
When it's at its closest point, the full moon can appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year, according to NASA's website.
In 2024, there were four supermoons, the sturgeon moon in August, the harvest moon in September, the hunter's moon in October and the beaver moon in November.
In addition to full moons and supermoons, there will be a partial solar eclipse during the early morning of March 29, 2025, according to TimeAndDate.com.
The best views of the eclipse are expected in northern New England states such as Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, according to a map on the website.
A total solar eclipse took place on April 8, 2024, but in Massachusetts, skywatchers could only view a partial solar eclipse.
The March 29 eclipse is scheduled to start at 6:13 a.m. and end at 7:17 a.m. Eastern time.
For those wanting to see a lunar eclipse this year, a total lunar eclipse will occur early in the morning on March 14 when the moon is turning full, according to TimeAndDate.com.
The moon will turn reddish-orange for just over an hour as it moves across the Earth's shadow. The moon turns this color because the only sunlight reaching it is passing through the Earth's atmosphere, according to NASA's website. The more dust and clouds in our atmosphere, the more red the moon becomes.
The lunar eclipse will be visible in Massachusetts beginning at 11:57 p.m. on March 13 and ending at 6 a.m. on March 14 Eastern time, according to TimeAndDate.com.