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ARCHIVED - Snow Moon will illuminate the sky in Spain this month
The spectacular celestial event will occur on February 16
A full moon is always a spectacular event, especially on a clear night, and stargazers are in for an even more special treat this month with the arrival of the Snow Moon on Wednesday February 16.
According to the Astronomical Agenda of the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the main event is set to begin at 5.56pm in Spain, but the moon will look equally extraordinary the day before and after because it will rise in the east, coinciding with the sunset.
February’s full moon was coined the Snow Moon by tribes native to the north east of the United States because of the heavy snowfall that is typical of this time of year. In fact, so bad was the usual weather in February that hunting was made very difficult, thus the celestial event’s other name – the Hunger Moon. According to NASA, the Cree, a Native American tribe, described the Snow Moon as a time when “animals do not move around much, and trappers have little chance of catching them.”
There’s not much chance of snow in Spain this week, with sunny skies and warm weather forecast at least until Friday, but the Snow Moon still promises to be a spectacular sight.
Image: NASA
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