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Joe Rao

DARK SECRETS: Hunter s supermoon rises this week the biggest full moon of 2024 here s how to see it | Vintage Vibes

The silhouette of a halloween owl decoration sits in front of the white full moon. On the right in the foreground, a yellow sreat lamp.

The largest full moon of 2024 rises this week.

On Thursday (Oct. 17) at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 GMT), the moon will officially turn full. And less than 11 hours earlier, at 8:48 p.m. EDT on Wednesday evening (0048 GMT on Oct. 17), the moon will also arrive at perigee, its closest point to Earth, at a distance of 221,938 miles (357,174 km) away. 

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