Sharad Purnima is a religious festival celebrated on the full moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Ashvin, marking the end of the monsoon season. The full moon night is celebrated in different ways in various cultural regions across Indian subcontinent.
Idols of Kojagori Lakshmi, a form of goddess Lakshmi worshipped on this day
Vallabhacharya temple cloth for Sharad Purnima festival - Western India (19th c. - 1927)
Kheer is served as an offering on this day
Rishi Valmiki, the composer of the Hindu epic Ramayana
The full moon is the lunar phase when the Moon appears fully illuminated from Earth's perspective. This occurs when Earth is located between the Sun and the Moon. This means that the lunar hemisphere facing Earth—the near side—is completely sunlit and appears as an approximately circular disk. The full moon occurs roughly once a month.
The supermoon of 14 November 2016 was 356,511 km (221,526 mi) away from the center of Earth. This occurs yearly.
A full moon rising, seen through the Belt of Venus
A harvest moon. Its orange color is due to greater Rayleigh scattering as the Moon appears close above the horizon, rather than being unique to harvest moons.