Look up in the sky, it’s a supermoon!
March’s full moon is named “worm moon” since it heralds the beginning of spring and the movement of worms in the soil that come with it, WTOP space reporter Greg Redfern said.
See photos of the supermoon below.
PHOTOS: March’s full worm supermoon
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BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 09: A supermoon rises above Dingdu Pavilion on March 9, 2020 in Beijing, China.
(VCG via Getty Images/VCG)
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A plane passes in front of the full moon as seen from Curitiba, Brazil on March 9, 2020. – The supermoon is visible as the full moon coincides with the satellite in its closest approach to Earth, which makes it appear brighter and larger than other full moons.
(AFP via Getty Images/HEULER ANDREY)
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A person standing on the platform of the Jupiter Lighthouse looks at the supermoon as it is partially obscured by a cloud, Monday, March 9, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. The 108-foot, brick lighthouse was first lit in 1860.
(AP/Julio Cortez)
