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Everything You Need to Know About Tuesday’s Super Snow Moon

Fresh off the heels of last month’s super blood wolf moon, a super snow moon is set to appear in the sky on Tuesday evening. The full moon already occurred at around 10:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, but it won’t really be visible until the sky darkens. Tuesday’s moon is in fact the closest it will come to the Earth this year—362 miles closer than last month’s blood wolf moon. Native Americans have dubbed full moons that occur in February as “snow moons” because of the cold weather; that’s why tonight’s event is being called a super snow moon.

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