Another Supermoon will be appear in the skies today (Image: GETTY)
Following last month’s Super Wolf Blood Moon, space enthusiasts will be welcomed by the second of three consecutive Supermoons this year. Like last month’s Supermoon, this Super Snow Moon will take its name from the Native Indians who label every full moon that falls in February as a Snow Moon. In European culture, the Supermoon was also referred to as a Snow Moon due to the large amount of snow that usually fell in the second month of the year.
Other cultures have also referred to February’s Full Moon as a bone or hunger moon due to the scarcity of food in winter.
The Moon is also called a Supermoon as it appears at its largest in the sky.
Astrologers have called it as such as it appears this way due to the Moon reaching its perigee - the closest that the Moon comes to the Earth during its elliptic orbit.
The Super Snow Moon is in stark contrast to last year where there was no Full Moon in February which would be a called a
