![]() ![]() If there’s rain on the days of the moon’s peak illumination, one might be lucky to even spot a moonbow - a rare marvel which occurs when the moonlight is refracted through the droplets of water in the air. This is caused by the moon illusion, a phenomenon that makes the moon look bigger when it is near other objects, compared to when higher in the sky without any other comparative objects near it. The March moon will appear the largest from the earth’s vantage point when it’s near the horizon. However, catching the moon in all its glory also depends on the weather. While the peak illumination time can be a prominent time to spot March’s worm moon, the dazzling moon can also be experienced the next evening as it rises above the horizon. One doesn’t need to wait till midnight to spot the full moon. The last full moon of the winter season will appear both on 6 and 7 March. When to spot the full moon in March? Image: Courtesy Kristof Morlion/Unsplash It was earlier believed that the reference is to the earthworms that begin appearing during this time, inviting robins and other birds to feed. The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which began publishing American moon names for each month of the year in the 1930s, suggests two different meanings behind March’s full moon being called the worm moon. Here’s everything you need to know about the worm moon What is a worm moon? (Worm Moon 2020 as posted by the official Twitter of NASA) Image: Courtesy NASA/Twitter The full moon will peak at 7:40 am ET (6:12 pm IST) on 7 March 2023. ![]() Starting from the wolf moon in January and the snow moon in February to the pink moon in April, the harvest moon in September and finally the cold moon in December, these full moons reach their peak illumination when the sun and the moon are aligned on either side of the earth.Īlso dubbed as the sugar moon by Old Farmer’s Almanac, this year, the worm moon will reach its fully illuminated phase before the spring equinox begins on 20 March.
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