It’ll swing by at a mere 221,817 miles ( 356,980 kilometers) away from Earth. By comparison, April’s full moon was 252,280 miles ( 406,006 kilometers) away—the farthest of the year. That’s a difference of more than 30,000 miles, a variance due to the moon’s elliptical orbit.

November’s full beaver moon and the Southern Taurid meteor shower peak on the same day this week. Here’s how and when to glimpse them.

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A rare October Harvest Moon will rise this weekend, doubling as a supermoon and kicking off a series of celestial shows. The moon will reach its full phase at 11:48 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, but will appear full in the sky from Sunday through Tuesday.

The November 'beaver' moon will bring a large and particularly bright moon to Australian skies on Wednesday evening. The 'supermoon' rising after sunset on Wednesday is the second in a series of three that will happen this year.