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The 2nd moon of 2026, February’s Snow Moon, will increase Sunday(Feb. 1)together with among the most gorgeous open star clusters in the night sky.
The moon will be formally complete at 5:09 p.m. EST on Feb. 1 and will be best seen at sunset at moonrise where you are. It will remain in the constellation Leo, hanging listed below the Beehive Cluster. The moon will likewise appear brilliant and complete on Feb. 2.
You’ll discover the Beehive Cluster midway in between the brilliant stars Pollux in the constellation Gemini(to the leading right of the moon)and Regulus in the constellation Leo(down left of the moon ). Regulus will be most convenient to see about an hour after the moon increases, as will the other stars of Leo.
If you search for on Feb. 2, it will be possible to see Regulus be occulted (appear to disappear) by the near-full moon for an hour or two as seen from parts of North America– an unusual occasion that will not be duplicated up until the late 2030s.
Numerous intense stars of the Beehive Cluster, a group of approximately 1,000 tight-knit stars (Image credit: Fried Lauterbach/ CC BY-SA 4.0)February’s moon is likewise called the Hungry Moon, Storm Moon and Candles Moon, according to NASAPer the Old Farmer’s Almanacother names for February’s moon consist of the Bald Eagle Moon or Eagle Moon (the Cree), Bear Moon (the Ojibwe), Black Bear Moon (the Tlingit), Raccoon Moon (the Dakota), Groundhog Moon (the Algonquin) and Goose Moon (the Haida).
Next comes the brand-new moon, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, which will trigger an unusual annular solar eclipse– frequently called a “ring of fire,” as simply the center of the sun’s noticeable surface area is obstructed by the moon– seen just from Antarctica.
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The next moon, the Worm Moon, will increase on March 3. This one will be additional unique since it will be an overall lunar eclipse. Throughout this magnificent occasion, informally called a “blood moon,” the lunar surface area will turn a reddish-copper color for 58 minutes as seen from North America, the Pacific, Australia and East Asia.
Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science reporter and a routine factor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads worldwide stargazing and eclipse-chasing trips. His work appears frequently in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky in the evening, Sky & & Telescope, and other significant science and astronomy publications. He is likewise the editor of WhenIsTheNextEclipse.com.
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