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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Rosie Shead

Skygazers told Wolf supermoon ‘visible for most people’

A bat flies in front of the Beaver Supermoon in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Stargazers are advised to "wrap up warm" this Saturday evening, as clear skies are forecast by the Met Office for January's full moon, known as the Wolf Moon, promising excellent visibility for the celestial spectacle.

According to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, the name was inspired by the howling of hungry wolves as they prowled for food during midwinter months.

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