'Pink' Moon: when you can see an interesting full moon in April

The April full moon, or Pink Moon, named after the bright pink phlox that blooms in early spring, will color the sky with bright moonlight this Saturday, April 16, reports LiveScience.

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The full moon is a beautiful sight in the night sky that cannot go unnoticed. At this time, the surface of the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun, so people think that it is much larger than usual.

April's Full Moon, known as the Pink Moon, will occur on the 16th.

The Pink Moon will be fully illuminated for just a moment, at 14:55 pm. EDT (18:55 GMT), but to an observer, the Moon will appear full for several days until April 16 and beyond, and will be perfectly visible all night in good weather: Friday morning (April 15) to early Monday morning (April 18), according to NASA.

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"In other words, it will be a 'full moon weekend,'" wrote Gordon Johnston, program manager for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

A full moon occurs about once a month when the sun, earth, and moon align on an imaginary 180-degree line. The Moon's orbit is about 5 degrees different from the Earth's, so it is usually slightly above or below the Earth's shadow, allowing the sun's rays to illuminate its near or Earth-facing side.

Sometimes during a full moon, some or all of the Earth's shadow falls on the moon, resulting in a lunar eclipse. The next lunar eclipse will occur next month, on May 15-16, 2022, when a total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a rusty red, giving it the eerie nickname "blood moon". Normally, a white Moon turns red because some of the sunlight travels around the Earth, where our atmosphere filters out shorter wavelengths like blue and purple, but lets through red and orange wavelengths, which means they can reach the Moon and turn it burgundy. . A total lunar eclipse in May will be visible from parts of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.

The April Pink Moon will also be an interesting sight. In fact, the color of the full moon in April will be quite normal. The "Pink" Moon was named by the Indians of North America in honor of the flowers of the styloid phlox, which blooms just in April. There is also an opinion that it is called so because of the cherry blossoms in Japan at this time. Other names for the April moon include "Grass Sprouting Moon", "Egg Moon", and "Fish Moon", as herring historically swim upstream to spawn at this time, according to Maine Farmer's Almanac, according to NASA.

This moon is also known as the Passover Moon because the Jewish holiday of Passover begins at sunset on April 15 and lasts for eight days. During the seder, a ritual feast held each of the first two nights of Passover, families remember the biblical events when Moses freed the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.

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For Christians, this is the Easter Moon, which helps determine the date of Easter. Western Christianity celebrates Easter, the holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon, which explains why Easter falls on April 17 this year. Eastern Christianity, on the other hand, uses the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian. Eastern Orthodox Churches will celebrate Easter on April 24 this year.

Meanwhile, Hindus will be celebrating Hanuman Jayanti, which marks the birth of Lord Hanuman and corresponds, in most regions, to the full moon of Chaitra, a month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

For Buddhists, especially in Sri Lanka, where it is a national holiday, this full moon marks Bak Poya, a day to remember when the Buddha visited Sri Lanka and averted a war by settling a dispute between the chiefs, according to NASA.

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