#Dark moonlight snow full#
“In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver, who had visited with the Naudowessie (Dakota), wrote that the name used for this period was the Snow Moon, ‘because more snow commonly falls during this month than any other in the winter’,” the Almanac adds of its decision to use the Snow Moon moniker for February’s Full Moon.ĭepending on your culture and world location, however, you may have different associations for the February Full Moon. That precipitation estimate has been backed up with data from the National Weather Service, the Almanac says today. The Snow Moon is meant to reflect that February tends to be the United States’ snowiest month. Some of their Moon monikers became more widely known after the Old Farmer's Almanac began publishing weather and astronomical forecasts in the 1930s for newer American settlers. Various North American tribes have different names to describe February’s Moon. What is the Snow Moon?įebruary’s Full Moon is called the Snow Moon, the Storm Moon, the Bony Moon, or the Hunger Moon, which all refer to the difficult weather and food scarcity that Native Americans historically faced during this month. While it reaches its peak illumination during daylight hours in the United States, you will have plenty of time to watch the nearly Full Moon during the long nights before and after.
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Our nearest big celestial neighbor will be at its best on February 16, showing off its winter glow. So make sure to go outside, even in the cold, to check out the Snow Moon. February is so short a month that any astronomical milestone means a lot.