Full Supermoon in March 2021: When to See the Moon “Worm”

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This will be the first supermoon of the year, which means that the moon is a little closer to Earth and therefore looks bigger and brighter in the sky. Supermoon Worm is the fourth brightest month of 2021, according to Earth Sky.

In the Hindu month of Phalguna, this month marks the Holi Festival, according to NASA, which celebrates the beginning of spring.

The tribes of the Native Americans of the South call the full moon of March the Worm because of the wormholes, the soil that the worms digest, they become visible as the soil thaws.

Other Native American tribes have different names for the full moon in March, which still refers to animals, according to the Washington Planetarium University website.

The Algonquin tribe in the northeastern Great Lakes calls the full moon of March “namossack kesos” or “catching fish.” In the northern plains of Canada, the Cree tribe calls it the “migisupizum” or “eagle moon.”

Typically for a normal year, 2021 will have 12 full months. (Last year it had 13 full months, two of which were in October.)

Here are all the remaining full months this year and their names, according to the Almanac of the Old Farmer:

April 26 – Pink Moon

May 26 – Moon with flowers

June 24 – Strawberry Moon

July 23 – Buck moon

August 22 – sturgeon month

September 20 – Harvest Month

October 20 – Hunter’s Month

November 19 – Beaver Month

December 18 – Cold Moon

Be sure to check out the other names of these months, assigned to the various Native American tribes.

Here’s what else you can expect in 2021.

Meteor showers

There is a wait until the next meteor shower, the popular Lyrids, in April. The lyrids will peak on April 22 and will be best seen in the northern hemisphere – but the moon will be 68% full, according to the American Meteorological Society. This can make the meteor shower less visible.

Eta aquariums follow shortly, reaching their peak on May 5, when the moon is 38% full. This shower is best seen in the southern tropics, but will still produce an average shower for those north of the equator.

The Milky Way is seen from Glacier Point Trailside in Yosemite National Park, California.

Delta aquariums are also the best seen in the southern tropics and will peak between July 28 and 29, when the moon is 74% full.

Interestingly, another meteor shower rises in the same night – Alpha Capricorns. Although this is a much weaker shower, it has been known to produce some bright fireballs during the peak. It will be visible to those on both sides of the equator.

The Perseid meteor shower, the most popular of the year, will peak between August 11 and 12 in the northern hemisphere, when the moon is only 13% full.

Here’s the meteor shower schedule for the rest of the year, according to EarthSky’s meteor shower outlook.
  • October 8: Draconides
  • October 21: Orionides
  • November 4-5: Southern Taurids
  • November 11-12: Northern Taurids
  • November 17: Leonides
  • December 13-14: Geminids
  • December 22: Urside

Solar and lunar eclipses

This year, there will be two solar eclipses and two lunar eclipses – and three of them will be visible to some in North America, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

A total lunar eclipse will occur on May 26, best visible to those in western North America and Hawaii from 4:46 am ET to 9:51 AM ET.

An annular solar eclipse will occur on June 10, visible in northern and northeastern North America from 4:12 AM ET to 9:11 AM ET. The sun will not be completely blocked by the moon, so be sure to wear eclipsed glasses to see this event safely.

A partial lunar eclipse will occur on November 19, and sky observers from North America and Hawaii will be able to view it between 1:00 ET and 7:06 AM ET.

And the year ends with a total solar eclipse on December 4. It will not be seen in North America, but those in the Falkland Islands, the southern tip of Africa, Antarctica and southeastern Australia will be able to see it.

Visible planets

Skywatchers will have multiple opportunities to observe the planets in our sky on certain mornings and evenings throughout 2021, according to Farmer Almanah’s planetary guide.

You may see most of these with the naked eye, except for the distant Neptune, but the binoculars or telescope will provide the best view.

Mercury will look like a bright star in the morning sky between June 27 – July 16 and October 18 – November 1. It will shine in the night sky between May 3 – May 24, August 31 – September 21 and November 29 – December 31.

Venus, our closest neighbor to the solar system, will appear in the western sky at dusk on the evenings of May 24 to December 31. It is the second brightest object in our sky after the moon.

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Mars appears reddish in the morning sky between November 24 and December 31 and will be visible in the evening sky between January 1 and August 22.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is the third brightest object in our sky. It will be on display in the morning sky between February 17 and August 19. Look for it in the evenings from August 20 to December 31 – but it will be at its brightest from August 8 to September 2.

Saturn’s rings are visible only through a telescope, but the planet itself can be seen with the naked eye on the mornings of February 10 – August 1 and in the evenings of August 2 to December 31. It will be at its brightest between August 1 and 4.

Binoculars or a telescope will help you observe the greenish glow of Uranus on the mornings of May 16 – November 3 and in the evenings of January 1 – April 12 and November 4 – December 31 – but at its brightest between August 28 and December 31.

And our farthest neighbor in the solar system, Neptune, will be visible through a telescope in the mornings of March 27 to September 13 and in the evenings of September 14 to December 31. It will be at its brightest between July 19 and November 8.

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