Hunger Moon

February 27, 2024

Full moon on February 24 was called as Hunger moon or Snow Moon or Storm Moon.
It missed Earth’s shadow, because moon’s orbit is tilted by five degrees to the plane of the Earth’s orbit, and therefore Earth won’t be directly between the sun and the moon.
It has been named by Native American tribes as the ‘Snow Moon’ or the ‘Hunger Moon’.
This lunar event carries a history woven with the challenges of midwinter.
NASA has explained that heavy snowfall, making hunting difficult, led to it being called the ‘Snow Moon’. The added title of the ‘Hunger Moon’ reflects the scarcity of resources during this wintry period.