The second full moon of 2026, February’s Snow Moon, will rise on Sunday (Feb. 1) next to one of the most beautiful open star clusters in the night sky.
The moon will officially be full on February 1st at 5:09 PM EST and will be best seen at dusk in moon rise where are you It will be in the constellation of Leo, hanging below the Beehive Deep. The moon also appears bright and full on February 2nd.
You’ll find the Beehive cluster halfway between the bright stars Pollux in the constellation Gemini (upper right of the Moon) and Regulus in the constellation Leo (lower left of the Moon). Regulus will be better seen about an hour after moonrise, as will the other stars of Leo.
If you look up on February 2nd, you’ll be able to watch Regulus obscured (seemingly disappearing) by a near-full moon for about an hour as seen from parts of North America—a rare event that won’t happen again until the late 2030s.
February’s full moon is also known as the Hungry Moon, Storm Moon, and Candle Moon NASA. For tea The Old Farmer’s AlmanacOther names for the February full moon include Bald Eagle Moon or Eagle Moon (Kree), Bear Moon (Ojibwe), Black Bear Moon (Tlingit), Raccoon Moon (Dakota), Groundhog Moon (Algonquin), and Goose Moon (Haida).
Next up is the new moon on Tuesday, February 17, which will cause a rare annular solar eclipse – often called the “ring of fire” because the Moon is only blocked by the center of the Sun’s visible surface – seen only from Antarctica.
The next full moon, the Worm Moon, will come out on March 3rd. This one will be special because it will be a total lunar eclipse. During this spectacular event, colloquially called a “blood moon,” the moon’s surface turns a reddish-copper color for 58 minutes, as seen from North America, the Pacific, Australia, and East Asia.
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