“SNOW MOON of 2021”
February’s Full Snow Moon has reached it's peak illumination at 3:19 A.M. EST on Saturday, February 27. For the best view of this Moon was night from February 26 to 27, but for Moon's spectacular colour changes during its rise it was evening February 27 due the Sun light pollution previous night. To see colour changes of the Moon during its rising phase is always best time to watch Moon rise from very first moment its rising above the horizon first evening after Full Moon - as it is represented in this program.
The full Moon names used by The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from a number of places, including Native American, Colonial American, and European sources. Traditionally, each full Moon name was applied to the entire lunar month in which it occurred, not just to the full Moon itself.
The explanation behind February’s full Moon name is a fairly straightforward one: it’s known as the Snow Moon due to the typically heavy snowfall that occurs in February. On average, February is the United States’ snowiest month, according to data from the National Weather Service. 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.”
