Full Moon March 2022: How & When You Can See Tonight's 'Worm Moon'
The full 'Worm Moon' for March 2022 is almost upon us, and as always, you have a few chances over the next couple of days to get an incredible look at it. Our Solar System is a tiny, yet fascinating place in outer space. Between the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and the Kuiper asteroid belt, it's a small pocket in the universe with plenty to see.
One of the most iconic members of the Solar System is our very own Moon. The Moon is important for a few different reasons. Thanks to the constant gravitational pull between the Moon and Earth, we have regular increases and decreases in our sea levels (better known as tides). The Moon also plays a big role in people's circadian rhythms, the spawning of new corals on the Great Barrier Reef, and migration periods for petrel seabirds. The Moon is also a visual treat for everyone on Earth — especially when it turns into a full Moon.
Related: AI Transformed This 50-Year-Old Moon Photo, And It Looks Incredible
The Full Moon phase happens around the middle of every month. The most recent 'Snow Moon' took place on February 16. Before that, the 'Wolf Moon' appeared in the night sky on January 17. Here in March 2022, the next Full Moon will appear early in the morning on Friday, March 18. March's Full Moon is better known as the Worm Moon. According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, the Worm Moon gets its name from Native Americans, Colonial Americans, and Europeans. It was long believed that the Worm Moon name referenced earthworms coming out of the soil to mark the beginning of Spring. As the Almanac explains, however, the actual origin dates back to the late 1700s: «In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes and wrote that the name
Read more on screenrant.com
