February full moon: Today, February 12, the Snow Moon will be at a distance of about 405,000 kilometers from our planet. The “Snow Moon” in the sky above Tokyo is a direct broadcast.
The February full moon, due to a large distance, will not be particularly impressive compared to other full moon. Like most others, the February full moon was called indigenous Americans. Typically, the name describes natural phenomena or changes taking place in the flora or fauna for each season, Writes CNN GREECE.
The February full moon was called the “Snow Moon” due to the largest amount of snow in the United States at this time. Therefore, the designation “Full Snow Moon” is ideal for the second month of the year.
According to the researcher Jonathan Carver, who visited the Dakot tribe in the 1760s, the names used by the natives describe not only the full moon, but also the whole month in which they appear.
The Indians Odzhibwe called the February Moon Bear (since in the lands of the North American Indians at this time bear cubs are born), and Cheroki – Hungry or Bone (because at this time, food supplies dried up and people began to starve); The tribe of Cree was called the full moon The moon of the eagleand Hyde – The moon goose. The Celts, as it is believed, was Ice Moonand the Chinese – Blooming moon.
The February full moon is the last “ordinary” full moon, the next “normal” full moon is expected only in June. And all the spring months we will observe the so -called micron. In astronomy, micron is a full moon that falls out for the time of the maximum removal of the moon from the ground; In such periods, the moon looks smaller and dull than usual.
Direct broadcast: “Snow Moon” in the sky above Tokyo
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