Jesse Emspak (space.com, 2/11/22); Pat Macpherson, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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| Snow Moon Wednesday, 11:57 am EST, 0457 GMT (Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu Agency/Getty) |
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Snow moon 2022 is accompanied by predawn planets: Catch Venus, Mars, Mercury before sunrise
The full moon of February, called the "Snow Moon," will arrive Wednesday (Feb. 16th) at 11:57 am EST (0457 GMT).
That same day, the planet Mercury reaches its greatest distance west of the sun, making it a bright but challenging to observe "morning star" in mid-northern latitudes.
In New York City the full moon will rise at 5:32 pm local time, according to Time and Date — exactly the time of sunset, so from an area with a flat horizon (open fields or water being good candidates) one can watch the sunset and moonrise at the same time.
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| It will look like this in the west as sun sets. |
The farther south one is, the higher the moon's elevation will be. In Miami, for example, the moon's altitude at midnight will be about 83 degrees. More
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