India, Dec. 5 -- The final full supermoon of the year, popularly known as the Cold Moon, lit up skies across the United States on December 4 local time (early December 5 IST), offering skywatchers a brilliant close to 2025's lunar lineup. Peak illumination occurred around 6:14-6:15 pm EST (about 4:44-4:45 am IST, December 5), according to the U.S. Naval Observatory.

For viewers in India, the event unfolded before dawn on Friday, while across the US, the luminous moon dominated the night sky from late December 4 into the early hours of December 5.

This Cold Moon was the third and final supermoon of 2025, orbiting roughly 221,965 miles from Earth at perigee. Because of this slightly closer approach, it appeared marginally larger and up to...