This week the Americans, like the inhabitants of other continents, this is an excellent opportunity to break away from the screens of gadgets to see a beautiful sight – the largest moon in 2019.
According to the astronomers, the February full moon coincides with the Supermoon. This is the time when the moon is closest to the planet point of its orbit. The February full Moon will be visually the biggest this year.
February’s moon was once called «hungry» because of the lack of food in winter
SUPERLINE will reach its «peak» on the morning of Tuesday, February 19 at 10:54 Eastern time, but at this point it will not be seen. To admire the colourful spectacle that you should look at the sky in the night from Monday to Tuesday or Tuesday night. Let’s hope that the clouds will not close this beauty. Of course, more spectacular, the Moon will look in the suburbs and in nature, where there are fewer city lights.
You can check the time of moonrise in the area where you live, follow the link.
The full Moon of February, also known in ancient legends as «snow». According to the «old farmer’s Almanac» («The Old Farmer’s Almanac»), the native Americans and the Europeans once called the February moon because it was the month of heavy snowfall.
The February moon is also nicknamed «the bone» or «hunger» from the lack of food in winter.
Last year in February, the full moon did not exist, but in March and January had two full moons.
