Full Moon to rise against the background of the planets parade: when to look at Fremont – Patch

Fremont, California – Meteor showers remain in Hiatus until April, but backyard astronomers in Fremont still have many reasons to look at the sky over the next few weeks.

The full snow moon will rise on Wednesday, February 12, with “The Heart of the Lion” or Regulus, the most bright star in the constellation Leo. The moon officially takes place at 5:53 am Wednesday, but best watched in the evening, which happens around 5:40 pm

The moon will appear full on Tuesday and Thursday night. Unfortunately, the weather forecast for all three days is cloudy, but it can change when we approach.

The full moon in February is also known as the Snow Moon. According to the old farmer almanac, Captain Jonathan Carver visited a tribe from the Indians in the 1760s and wrote that the snow moon was called by humans, “because this month falls more snow than anyone else in the winter.”

For the best look at the moon, find a clear, unobstructed view of the eastern horizon. You do not need a telescope or binoculars, but it will either give a better look at the lunar craters and regulus, the “Regal” satellite, according to the related site on Space.com, LiveScience, because it is one of the four “Royal Stars” of Space. com ancient Persian astronomy. The others are Aldebaran in Taurus, Antares in Scorpiy and Fomalhaut in Piskis Austrus.

Also this month, five planets will flaunt through the night sky, according to NASA. Here are the highlights:

• Venus looks brilliant to the west after sunset throughout the month.
• Mars is bright and amber orange, high east every night. This is also the last planet that was placed west a few hours before sunrise
• The giant Jupiter is tall over the head in the evening, it looks very bright.
• Mercury will pop up just above the horizon at the end of February, looking relatively bright when the sunset fades.
• Saturn is a little weak, but visible low in the western sky for about an hour after sunset. The planet with a ring sinks more into the sky as the month continues.

The big event in the late astronomical winter is the full blood moon – a total lunar eclipse – associated with the full moon of the worm in March. The moon reaches top light on March 14, but the eclipse will begin in the evening before.

The astronomical spring begins with March the equinox of the 20th. Meteor showers return in April with the lyrics, which pirate April 22-23, and the Aquarids of ETA, which start on April 15 and are built on the peak on May 5-6.