The next full moon will be on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 7:30 a.m. EST (1204 GMT), but the moon will still appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer.

February’s full moon is also known as the Snow Moon, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.

The full moon shows its face to Earth about once a month. Well, sort of.

Most of the time, the full moon isn’t perfectly full. We always see the same side of the moon, but part of it is in shadow, due to the moon’s rotation. Only when the moon, Earth and the sun are perfectly aligned is the moon 100% full, and that alignment produces a lunar eclipse.

And sometimes — once in a blue moon — the moon is full twice in a month (or four times in a season, depending on which definition you prefer).

This is when full moons will occur in 2024, according to NASA:

Date Name U.S. Eastern Time GMT
January 25 Wolf Moon 12:54 p.m. 17:54
February 24 Snow Moon 7:30 a.m. 12:30
March 25 Worm Moon 3:00 a.m. 07:00
April 23 Pink Moon 7:49 p.m. 23:49
May 23 Flower Moon 9:53 a.m. 13:53
June 21 Strawberry Moon 9:08 p.m. 01:08 on June 22
July 21 Buck Moon 6:17 a.m. 10:17
August 19 Sturgeon Moon 2:26 p.m. 18:26
September 17 Harvest Moon 10:34 p.m. 02:34 on Sept. 18
October 17 Hunter’s Moon 7:26 a.m. 11:26
November 15 Beaver Moon 4:29 p.m. 21:29
December 15 Cold Moon 4:02 a.m. 09:02