When the full Moon, the Beaver Moon, rises on 15 November 2024, it will be the last Supermoon of the year.
But where does the name Beaver Moon come from?
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The name comes from a combination of cultures between certain Native American tribes and early European settlers, both of who used the Moon as a calendar to track the course of the year.
During the month of November, beavers are particularly active as they prepare for winter, building dams and stocking up food.
Sadly, beavers were extensively hunted at the time for their fur. The animals were hunted to extinction in the UK, but reintroduction efforts mean the animals have been making a comeback in recent years.
Not all Native American's use the term Beaver Moon however, with other tribes referring to it as the Freezing Moon or Frost Moon, reflecting the imminent arrival of winter.
The Mi'kmaq peoples of what is now Canada's Atlantic Provinces refer to the 11th full Moon of the year as Keptekewiku’s (geb-deg-gay-we-goos), meaning "Rivers Freezing Over Moon".
Meanwhile the Tlingit, indigenous to the region now known as Alaska, refer to the Moon as "bears hibernate".
Want to know when the next full Moon will be? Read our guide of every full Moon for the year
