Super worm moon arrives as spring begins

DES MOINES, Iowa - As spring begins at 4:58 p.m. CDT in the northern hemisphere, the final supermoon of 2019 also takes place.

Cloud cover will determine how good the visibility is throughout the state of Iowa.

Weather forecasters call for partly skies in central Iowa this evening and the Super Worm Moon will take place at 8:43 p.m. CDT.

According to WHO Channel 13, the Super Worm Moon gets its name because of the ground thawing and worms beginning to break the surface coming out of winter hibernation.

At its closest point to Earth, the moon will be only 223,300 miles away.

A Super Snow Moon took place last month.


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