The first full moon of 2025, also known as the Wolf Moon, is visible tonight and will be on display for about three days. The moon will also pass in front of Mars for most of the continental US, Africa, Canada, and Mexico.
PHOENIX — If you look up tonight, you'll catch the first full moon of 2025, also known as the Wolf Moon .this full moon will be visible for about three days. The moon will also pass in front of Mars for most of the continental US, Africa, Canada and Mexico. The first full moon of the year is named the Wolf Moon because of the packs of wolves heard by Indigenous peoples outside the villages"amid the cold and deep snows of winter," NASA said.
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