The full 'Beaver Moon' rises next to bright Jupiter this weekend. Here's how to watch.

Beaver moon rising behind Gran Sasso dItalia picks is seen from LAquila, Italy, on November 7, 2022. November full moon takes this name because during this month beavers fill the banks of rivers and build their dams and dens to take refuge in view of winter. On november 8, 2022, the moon will be in its last total eclipse before 2025.

The 'Beaver Moon' is also known as the 'Long Nights Moon' and the 'Frosty Moon'. (Image credit: Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

On Monday, Nov. 27, look east in the evening to see the full "Beaver Moon" rise into the sky.

November's full moon occurs as Earth gets between the sun and moon. It's consequently 100% illuminated — at 4:16 a.m. EST on Nov. 27 — and will rise in the east at dusk, shining all night and setting in the west at dawn. To the casual stargazer, the moon will also appear full the night before and after, according to Live Science's sister site Space.com.

The best time to see any phase of the moon — and particularly the full moon — is at moonrise and moonset. When the moon is very low on the horizon, viewers on Earth see it through a lot of atmosphere, which scatters short-wavelength blue light but enables reddish longer wavelength light to pass through. This produces some beautiful colors on the lunar surface, notably orange, pink and yellow — similar to what happens to the sun during sunrise and sunset.

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When seen from North America, the full moon will rise on Nov. 27 while 99.5% illuminated, in the same patch of sky as the constellation Taurus. If you have binoculars you may be able to spot the Pleiades, the closest open cluster of stars to the solar system, just to the top-right of the full moon. Beyond the Pleiades will be Jupiter, which will appear very bright because it reached its bright annual opposition earlier this month. The giant planet will become visible as you watch the full moon rise.

The following full moon will be the Cold Moon, which will rise on Tuesday, Dec. 26.

Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science journalist and a regular contributor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads international stargazing and eclipse-chasing tours. His work appears regularly in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky at Night, Sky & Telescope, and other major science and astronomy publications. He is also the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com.