Feb 19 - Biggest Supermoon Tonight 🌕

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Help EarthSky keep going ... we need you. We're 48% of the way toward our goal and grateful to YOU if you've already donated. Want to help? Click to donate and learn more. Jacob Zimmer caught a full supermoon rising over Tampa, Florida on December 3, 2017. Tonight … 2019's biggest supermoon Will you discern with your eye that tonight's full moon is bigger? Probably not. Will you notice it's brighter? Maybe! Plus … Earth's oceans will feel it. Read more. Tides, and the pull of the moon and sun Expect higher-than-usual tides a day or two after the February 19 full supermoon. Read more about the tides. Quietly, Regulus ushers in springtime Regulus is the star near tonight's moon. See the chart below, or click to read more. NOAA announces the arrival of El Niño This year's El Niño is likely to be weak, with little influence on weather through early spring, say NOAA forecasters. Read more.

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Tonight … 2019's biggest supermoon The bright star accompanying the February supermoon is none other than Regulus, brightest star in the constellation Leo the Lion, representing the Lion's Heart. Raaawr! Here's more about the supermoon and about Regulus.

Plum Tree Blossom Festival in Tokyo, Japan View larger at EarthSky Community Photos. | Notice the plum blossoms in the trees and the rainbow-like light. Anne Jones captured this photo last weekend. She said she thinks the light came from smoke drifting in the air, from a group of ladies preparing vegetable miso soup over traditional open coal fires nearby ... which everyone got to eat after the ceremonies. Thank you, Anne! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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