Super snow moon, the biggest supermoon of the year, on February 19 is a lunar spectacle you cannot miss
If you are interested in outer space, and are intrigued by the stars, planets, and the moons, February 19 is a date you need mark in your calendar. The biggest, brightest supermoon of 2019, now being called “Super Snow Moon” will be visible to Earthlings on Tuesday and it is going to be one hell of a lunar spectacle.
NASA explains Supermoon - a term that was coined in 1979 - as the event that occurs when the "moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full." One among the three supermoons to occur this year, February’s full moon peaks at 10:53 am EST on the said day, but it will appear full the night before and after as well.
This particular full moon, which will be 221,734 miles away from Earth, is reportedly going to be the “nearest, largest, and brightest full Moon of the year.”