The term “Snow Moon” refers to the full moon in the month of February, so called because the heaviest snow usually falls within this month.
Two celestial events – a penumbral lunar eclipse and the full “Snow Moon” – were visible to the naked eye across the world on February 10 and into the early hours of February 11.
An Airbus passenger jet on the final approach to Orlando International Airport in the US state of Florida was photographed gliding past the “snow moon” in the night’s sky.
It was also visible as President Donald Trump arrived in West Palm Beach Florida with his wife Melania and the Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie.
Another spectaculer image showed a view of the moon during the penumbral lunar eclipse as birds flew in the sky over the island of Petatan in Mexico
A full “snow moon” was also seen rising through electric poles near Virbalis, Lithuania.
The penumbral lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the moon passes through a peripheral region of the Earth’s shadow, which was also photographed from Lahore in Pakistan.
The New Year Comet was also expected to pass close to the Earth on the night of February 11. It is a periodic comet discovered in 1948, which follows the same path around the sun and can be seen from Earth every five and a quarter years.
It is actually named Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková but this year, it was dubbed the “New Year Comet” because it became visible in the skies of the northern hemisphere at the end of 2016 was sighted on New Year’s Eve.
Unlike events like the Blood Moon, the Snow Moon (and other monthly full moons) does not look unusual as it is not scientific phenomena.
