Tonight ’s Super Snow Moon Will Be the Biggest Supermoon of 2019. Here’s How to Watch

Good news for sky watchers and selenophiles, tonight’s full moon is set to be the biggest and brightest of the year, according to NASA. The “super snow moon” as it is being called, will cross the skies this Tuesday evening, Feb. 19. While the “super snow moon” won’t be the extravagant astronomical spectacle that January’s “super blood wolf moon eclipse” was, it will be larger and brighter, and definitely command attention in the sky. If that isn’t enough, the subsequent full moon in March will also be a “supermoon,” rounding off 2019 with a total of three “supermoons.” In a given year, between two and four full moons can be classified as “supermoons.” While much of the world has already gotten a chance to see the biggest full moon of the year, for those in the U.S. it’s not too late. Here’s what to know about tonight’s “super snow moon” — and when the best time is to see it. Sebastian Gollnow—Sebastian Gollnow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images18 February 2019, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: A crow sits on the golden stag of the sculptor Ludwig Habich on the roof of the art building at the Schlo’platz in front of the almost full moon. What is the super snow moon? A “supermoon” is when a moon is simultaneously full and at its perigee, the point in its orbit when it is closest to Earth. When this happens, the moon appears larg...
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