"Skygazers will be treated to the 'super snow moon,' on Feb. 19, the largest supermoon of 2019.
February’s full moon is known as the “snow moon” as a result of the heavy snowfall that often occurs at that time of year...............
Supermoons occur when the Moon’s orbit brings it to the closest point to Earth while the Moon is full." foxnews.com/science/get-set-for-super-snow-moon-the-biggest-supermoon-of-the-year
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @08:40PM
Huh, here I thought that the whole "super moon" was just the biggest and brightest looking moon you can get, that is, that it is simultaneously at perigee and is full.
Pretty sure, people like them cause they look impressive.
Winter ones more so, as the snow reflects back and you get the brightest night you can get in many places (not where I live, where the brightest nights are the ones that are overcast and the clouds reflect all our light pollution back at us).