February ‘snow moon’ is ready to light up our skies this weekend 🌕

Look up Friday night and Saturday morning.

February’s “snow moon” will illuminate the sky right after sunset on Feb. 23. In Jacksonville, the moon will rise at 6:21 p.m. right at sunset.

The full moon is also called a “micromoon” because it will appear the smallest of any full moon of the year. This happens when the moon’s orbit is the farthest away from Earth.

The best part of February’s full moon? We are actually going to be able to see it in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. No billowing clouds or pesky rain.

The moon will appear full starting Friday evening. Visibility on Friday night and Saturday morning will be mostly clear starting around 1 a.m.

February’s full “Snow Moon” reaches peak illumination at 7:30 a.m. EST on Saturday. Its maximum brightness occurs at 7:34 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, according to space.com.

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If you snap a photo of the moon, be sure to upload it on SnapJAX! Your photo could be chosen to be shown on-air, online, or on News4JAX.com.

Fun fact: If you’re ever wondering what the moon phase would look like on your birthday, you can type it in here and NASA will show you.