Full moon

Stargazers can expect the February full moon hours after their Lantern Festival dinner, as the moon will reach peak illumination at about 2:30 a.m. Beijing ...

However, the expert said there's no need for the public to wait until the moon is at its fullest. Traveling in an elliptical orbit around the Earth, the moon will be closer or farther from our planet. For the past January's full moon, it is called "Wolf Moon."

Look in the night sky this weekend for February's full moon, where it can be glimpsed around the world. The "snow" moon will peak at 1:29 p.m. ET Sunday but ...

[ lunar eclipse](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEdecade/LEdecade2021.html) can occur only during a full moon when the sun, Earth and moon align and the moon passes into Earth’s shadow. Partial eclipses occur when the sun, Earth and moon don’t completely align, so only part of the moon passes into shadow. [Definitions of a supermoon vary](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/922/what-is-a-supermoon/), but the term generally denotes a full moon that is brighter and closer to Earth than normal and thus appears larger in the night sky. This less dramatic version of a lunar eclipse happens when the moon moves through the penumbra, or the faint, outer part of Earth’s shadow. [ total solar eclipse will occur on April 20](https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEdecade/SEdecade2021.html), visible to those in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Antarctica. When the full moon moves into Earth’s shadow, it darkens, but it won’t disappear. This causes the moon to appear smaller than the sun, so it doesn’t completely block out our star and creates a glowing ring around the moon. The Arapaho tribe’s name for February’s full moon means “frost sparkling in the sun,” according to a guide compiled at [Western Washington University](https://www.wwu.edu/astro101/indianmoons.shtml). By that definition, the full moon for July will also be considered a supermoon event, according to And for some sky watchers in Indonesia, parts of Australia and Papua New Guinea, it will be a hybrid solar eclipse. But most months in our calendar last 30 or 31 days, so the months and moon phases don’t always align, resulting in a blue moon about every 2½ years. The moon also occurs with the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, which is the Lantern Festival.

Ahead of the full snow moon occurring this February 2023, let's take a look at what the meaning of such an appearance means in astrology.

The Snow Moon will appear opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude. All signs in the zodiac are to be influenced by this snow moon in Leo. The entire region was covered in snow for the month of February. The February 2023 full moon is But with the full moon in Leo, it creates a tense square with rebel planet Uranus. If you look to the skies on Sunday, February 5, you will be able to catch the glowing full moon, which also goes by the titles “Ice Moon” and “Storm Moon.”