NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – For those looking to the night sky for education or simply for entertainment, there are many interesting celestial events to watch for in 2025. With full moons, supermoons, eclipses, and more on the way, here are some of the upcoming stargazing events to put on your calendar. Full Moons A full moon is one of the moon's eight phases. In order, the names of the lunar phases are new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, and waning crescent - a cycle that repeats roughly once per month. Although the moon appears to be getting fuller and disappearing each month, it always stays the same size. What seems to be changing from Earth's view is actually the sun's light reflecting off the surface of the moon, shifting in appearance as the moon makes its orbit around Earth. The following diagram from NASA shows how the moon appears from Earth during each of its phases. This graphic shows the position of the moon and the sun during each of the moon’s phases and the moon as it appears from Earth during each phase. Not to scale | Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech and science.nasa.gov What would happen if a meteorite hit New Mexico? Here are the full moons to watch for in 2025: Wolf Moon - January 13 Snow Moon - February 12 Worm Moon - March 14 Pink Moon - April 13 Flower Moon - May 12 Strawberry Moon - June 11 Buck Moon - July 10 Sturgeon Moon - Augut 9 Harvest Moon - September 7 Hunter's Moon October 7 Beaver Moon - November 5 Cold Moon - December 4 Supermoons Sometimes, a full moon coincides with when the moon is at its closest point to Earth during orbit, also known as its perigee. When that happens, it is called a supermoon. During a supermoon, the moon appears to be larger than normal because of its fullness and proximity to Earth. 2025's supermoons will occur on October 7, November 5, and December 4. Dark Sky New Mexico wants to make revisions to act to protect night skies Eclipses There will be two lunar and two solar eclipses in 2025. However, if you are trying to see one from New Mexico, plan to be available on the night of March 13, because the next one that will be visible from the Land of Enchantment after that won't take place until March 2026. The only eclipse visible from New Mexico in 2025 will be the total lunar eclipse on March 13. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth is positioned between the sun and the moon, interrupting the sunlight and casting its shadow onto the moon. The best viewing time for the eclipse will be from 11 p.m. on March 13 through 3 a.m. on March 14, with the maximum eclipse happening at around 12:58 a.m. There will be three other eclipses in 2025: a partial solar eclipse on March 29, a total lunar eclipse on September 7, and a partial solar eclipse on September 21. However, New Mexico is not in the viewing path for any of those eclipses. Meteor Showers Information courtesy of the American Meteor Society. Meteor showers occur when debris from comets and asteroids enters Earth's atmosphere, appearing as shooting stars that originate from one area of the night sky. Several meteor showers may be visible from New Mexico in 2025. The showers with the highest number of visible meteors per hour will be the Quarantids, the Eta Aquariids, and the Perseids. Meteor showers are the easiest to see when the moon is not as full, so the best showers to catch in terms of moonlight are the Quandrantids, with the moon at 11% fullness, the Orionids, with the moon at 2% fullness, and the Leonids, with the moon at 9% fullness. Why one farmer’s Chimayo green chile is gaining fame in the final frontier Here are the meteor showers to watch for in 2025: Quadrantids Peaks January 2-3 Lyrids Peaks April 21-22 Eta Aquariids Peaks May 3-4 Southern Delta Aquariids Peaks July 29-30 Alpha Capricornids Peaks July 29-30 Perseids Peaks August 12-13 Orionids Peaks October 22-23 Northern Taurids Peaks November 8-9 Leonids Peaks November 16-17 Southern Taurids Peaks November 26-27 For the best night sky viewing experience, try to get far away from city lights; aim for a night without clouds and with as dark of a moon as possible. For the latest space news, click here.