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February’s ‘snow moon’ lit up the night sky this past weekend 🌕

Check out these incredible photos taken by our community members

SnapJAX users all over Northeast Florida captured February's snow moon this past weekend! (Copyright 2024 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Did you catch a glimpse of February’s “snow moon?”

February’s full moon illuminated the sky right after sunset on Feb. 23. In Jacksonville, the moon rose around 6:21 p.m. right at sunset.

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The full moon is also called a “micromoon” because it appears 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 actually saw it in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia! No billowing clouds or pesky rain got in the way of our view.

February’s full moon reached peak illumination at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday. Its maximum brightness occurs at 7:34 a.m. Eastern time Saturday, according to space.com.

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If you snapped 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.

Here are some of our favorite SnapJAX submissions:

Full moon at 6 51 am snow moon
Linka77

Full moon at 6 51 am snow moon

Jacksonville
Snow moon
jstgoofy

Snow moon

Jacksonville
The moon shining brightly over Arlington tonight!!
birba25

The moon shining brightly over Arlington tonight!!

Jacksonville
Full Moon 02/24/2024 by NeptuneBeachRocks
Jim

Full Moon 02/24/2024 by NeptuneBeachRocks

Jacksonville
Beautiful moon.
bbk

Beautiful moon.

Jacksonville

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.

February Snow Moon is ready to light up our skies on Friday, Saturday (Copyright 2024 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.)