Daily Postcard: Worm Moon Shines Over White Rock

Daily Postcard: The final full moon of the winter season rose Thursday and Friday night. The Worm Moon reached peak illumination at 3:20 a.m. EDT Friday. The Worm Moon is captured here through tree branches 6 a.m. Saturday in White Rock. For many years, it was thought the name referred to the earthworms that appear as the soil warms in spring. This invites robins and other birds to feed. However, more research revealed another explanation. In the 1760s, Captain Jonathan Carver visited the Naudowessie` (Dakota) and other Native American tribes and wrote that the name Worm Moon refers to a different sort of “worm”—beetle larvae—which begin to emerge from the thawing bark of trees and other winter hideouts at this time. Source: The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

The Full Worm Moon on display 6 a.m., Saturday in White Rock at 98 percent illumination. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs

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