The #February #full #moon will occur on #Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 a.m. EST, 4:30 a.m. PST, or 12:30 GMT. In the Americas, the moon will appear almost full on both Friday and Saturday evenings.

The indigenous Anishnaabe (Ojibwe and Chippewa) people of the Great Lakes region call the Feb. full moon Namebini-giizis "Sucker Fish Moon" or Mikwa-giizis, the "Bear Moon". For them, it signifies a time to discover how to see beyond reality and to communicate through energy rather than sound. The Algonquin call it Wapicuummilcum, the "Ice in River is Gone" moon. The Cree of North America call it Kisipisim, the "the Great Moon", a time when the animals remain hidden away and traps are empty. For Europeans, it is known as the Snow Moon or Hunger Moon.

Because this full moon will occur only 26.5 hours before the moon's apogee, its greatest distance from Earth this month, it will look about 7% smaller than average (red circle) — making it the opposite of a supermoon and the smallest full moon of 2024.