How to See the Third and Last Super Moon (or Super Worm Moon) of 2019 in Hawai‘i

Posted byKatie KennyPosted inHonolulu, Work Experience, Writing

It also happens to be the first super moon to coincide with the spring equinox in 19 years.

A super moon seen on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of NASA / Bill Ingalls

It’s time for another super moon, Hawai‘i! The third and final one of the year will take place hours after the spring equinox (Wednesday, March 20), a rare and quite special combination that won’t happen again until 2030. Scroll down for a handful of quick-and-easy facts about the March 20-21 full moon, which is also called a “Super Worm Equinox Moon.”

Why does it sound like something out of the Harry Potter series?

According to moongiant.com, Southern Native American tribes made the connection to worms due to the ground thawing out in time for spring—the moment little earthworms make their first appearance of the year. Therefore, the first full moon of the season is always nicknamed “worm moon.” And this being a super moon (as in closer than normal to the Earth) and the spring, or vernal, equinox gives us the exceptionally fun name. That being said, astronomers will still refer to this as a “full moon.”

When will the “Super Worm Equinox Moon” be at its fullest?

Here in Hawai‘i it will be bright and full at 3:42 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, just four hours after the spring equinox. 

Read the full story on HONOLULU Magazine. 

Published by Katie Kenny

Professionally, Katie Kenny is a digital content producer, social media manager and lifestyle writer from Hong Kong. Outside the office, she has a love of adventure travel, medium rare steak and suspenseful TV shows, consumes way too much Italian wine and is shamelessly obsessed with her ridiculous rescue dog named Lily. Katie made the big move to O‘ahu in March of 2018 and started working at HONOLULU Magazine as the digital editorial specialist that July. During her four years with the company, she managed digital editorial content, SEO and all of HONOLULU’s, HONOLULU Family’s and Frolic Hawai‘i’s website functionality and day-to-day management, recorded data, tracked progress, studied trends, worked on overall strategy, and also rounded up the best events for both the print issues and online.

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