Not much of a guess needed on how this full moon got its name.
The explanation behind February’s Full Moon name is a fairly straightforward one: it’s known as the Snow Moon due to the typically heavy snowfall that occurs in February. On average, February is the United States’ snowiest month, according to data from the National Weather Service.
Another theme of this month’s Moon names is scarcity. The Cherokee names of Month of the Bony Moon and Hungry Moon give evidence to the fact that food was hard to come by at this time.
And how the full moon looked here in Phoenix...
No snow here in the Phoenix area; it was 63º at 9:30 pm when I took this photo. There is snow in Arizona this time of year, but you have to go into the mountains to the north and east part of the state to find it. No, we're not looking to find it. ;-)
For those interested in the specifics: full manual, f8 @ 1/1250th sec, ISO 200; telephoto zoom lens; Sony a6700 mirrorless camera.
2 comments:
W saw the huge full moon (or at least stripes of it) rising through layers of cloud cover as we drove home last evening. Very nice and it got above the clouds later. Outdoors was very bright all last night.
Sunny and 50° today but my trike is out of service. Taking off yesterday I noticed an odd wiggle. One of the frame pivot bolts had worked out and disappeared. We have a new part on order (a specialty bolt that is unobtanium locally) so I won't be able to ride during the nice afternoons all this week. The new one will get Loctite plus an annual tightening of all bolts from now on. I missed last fall, but the bikes were professionally serviced in fall 2024. I did not expect anything loose. My bad.
"Stripes" of the full moon is an interesting observation, too. The moon through the clouds can make for a good image.
Sorry to hear about the pause in your riding. Being down with this cold has meant no riding of anything two wheels for me. A real bummer with the beautiful weather we've been having.
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