October's full Moon will be a supermoon flanked by a receding comet.
The Hunter's Moon rising this week is 2024's third supermoon in a row, which means the full Moon will look slightly bigger and brighter in the sky than usual. This supermoon will be the biggest and brightest of the series (and the whole year) because the Moon will reach its closest point to Earth on Wednesday morning, making it loom larger and shine brighter in the night sky. And unlike earlier supermoons, this one appears in the night sky opposite the fading streak of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, which is racing away from the inner Solar System as we speak.
