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The February full moon is known as the Snow Moon, Hungry Moon or Bear Moon The names come from Native American tribes and refer to the time of year  February is usually the snowiest month of the year in North America  It will reach its peak fullness in the UK at 08:17 GMT on February 28 but will appear to be full from tonight through to early Sunday morning 

Since most of the snowpack in and around the  area will have melted away by the weekend, youll need something to look at besides wet, brown grass. Luckily, the moon will provide a pretty cool distraction with whats called a "Snow Moon." I really had no idea until last year that each full moon of the year (which happens monthly) is represented with its own name. We get names like Wolf Moon, Worm Moon, Strawberry Moon, and of course the ever-popular Beaver Moon. EarthSky.org says that our nex...

Here’s Every Full Moon in 2021 and the Story Behind Their Names Later this month you might get an opportunity to see Februarys super moon, also called Snow Moon. Its easy to guess why its called the snow moon, the snow on the ground maybe? Youre about to learn where each super moons name came from. All of these names alisted by Here’s Every Full Moon in 2021 and the Story Behind Their Names KEEP READING: Get answers to 51 of the most frequently asked weather questions... HERE are the dates...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

Space calendar 2021: New missions, launches, celestial events and more Sky watchers, gather round. Weve collected all the major celestial events in one place, for your convenience. From rocket launches and meteor showers to eclipses and notable space events, find it all here. It’s time to sync your calendar with the solar system and beyond so as to never miss an eclipse, rocket launch, space news or notable astronomical event from now to December 2021. This calendar was compiled using inform...

Back in Pensacola; we love our sunsets and the Wolf Moon setting over the Bayou Texar:

Finding beauty in February And then the owl called, and I wondered why that sound had ever inspired fear or horror. It was bird song and I thanked God for it, in the night and the silence and the cold winter’s nadir. Bird song in February darkness! A voice, out in the open, like an old crier going about and saying, “All’s well, and a fine frosty night!” From “An Almanac for Moderns,” February Third, by Donald Culross Peattie The night of Jan. 28 was the “January Wolf Moon,” name...

Hayley Williams Has A Second Album Hayley Williams will release her second solo album, ‘Flowers For Vases / Descansos’, on Friday (05.02.21). After she leaked her new song, ‘My Limb’, by delivering the CD to a fan last week, the 32-year-old singer has announced her follow-up to 2020’s ‘Petals For Armor’ will arrive tomorrow. Alongside the artwork of her submerged in a milky substance, Hayley wrote on social media: “FLOWERS for VASES / descansos — 2.5.21 (sic)” The Paramore s...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...

A Rosette Nebula. For February 2021, the Moon is last quarter on Feb. 4, and new on Feb. 11.  The waxing crescent passes just south of Mars on Feb. 18, and is first quarter the following evening.  The full moon is the Hunger or Wolf Moon, and is on Feb. 27. Except for Mars, all the planets lie too close to the sun for easy observation this month.  Even Mars is disappointing telescopically, for the earth has left it far behind since the close opposition last fall, and it is only a tiny red...