Full snow moon, largest supermoon of year, lights up sky

Pittsburghers got a pretty good look at the largest supermoon of the year late Monday night and early Tuesday.

The snow moon, or hunger moon, rose in the sky Monday night and entered what is known as perigee, when the moon is closest to the Earth, which actually happened Tuesday morning, according to NASA.

The moon will appear much brighter and larger Tuesday night in a phenomenon known as a supermoon.

While January is traditionally the coldest month of the year, February usually sees the most snowfall, hence the name snow moon. Since it was also hard to hunt during February, Native American tribes and early American colonists also referred to it as the hunger moon.

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