Everything you need to know about the full “Cold Moon” including exactly when, where and how to see it at its best from where you are.

It’s also the last full moon before the Winter Solstice, which falls on Dec. 21. Other names for this month’s full moon: the Frost Moon, the Oak Moon, the Winter Moon and the Moon Before Yule. It’s also called the Long Night Moon because it falls near the solstice, which is typically known as the longest night of the year.

The final full moon of 2024, the Cold Moon, will light up the night sky on Sunday, December 15. The moon will rise and set at its most extreme northernly points on the horizon, the result of a once every 18.6 years phenomenon known as a major lunar standstill, according to TimeandDate.com.