MANILA, Philippines — Skywatchers in several parts of the world witnessed the biggest super moon of the year Tuesday night (Manila time). Appearing bigger than normal, the moon was closest in its orbit to Earth at about 358,000 kilometers away. February's largest full moon is also called the snow moon as native Americans and Europeans associate the months with heavy snowfall, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. In some parts of the world, the moon appeared red as the light of the sun no longer directly illuminates it as the Earth is passing between the moon and the sun. "The Sun's red light is scattered much less by air, and is bent by Earth's atmosphere in a process called refraction, traveling all the way through it to light up the Moon's surface," it added.

Source: Philippine Star February 20, 2019 02:11 UTC