Don’t miss the amazing “Pink Moon” this weekend

Pink moon will appear this weekend

Pink Moon will be fully illuminated for just a moment, at 18:55 GMT, but it will be fully visible for three days: From Friday morning (April 15) to early Monday (April 18), according to NASA .

In other words, it will be “a full moon weekend,” said Gordon Johnston, a program executive 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 Earth’s, so it’s usually slightly higher or lower than Earth’s shadow, which allows sunlight illuminates its near side or the side facing the Earth.

Sometimes during a full moon, part or all of the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon, causing it to become 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 red, giving it the odd nickname “blood moon”.

The moon is normally white turning red because some of the Sun’s light travels around the Earth, where our atmosphere filters out shorter wavelengths, such as blue and violet, but allows red and orange wavelengths pass through, which means they can reach the moon and turn it burgundy. The 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 a sight to behold. According to NASA, although it doesn’t actually appear pink, it gets its name from the pink moss herb flower, also known as climbing orchid, a plant native to the eastern United States that blooms in the early part of the United States. spring, according to NASA.

Other names for the April moon include Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, and Fish Moon, as this is the historical time when it swims upstream to spawn.

This moon is also known as the Easter Moon because it coincides with the Christian Easter season, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which explains at Why Easter is on April 17 this year.

For Buddhists, especially in Sri Lanka, where it is a national holiday, this full moon day marks Bak Poya, a day to remember when Buddha visited Sri Lanka and avert war by solving resolve disputes between leaders.

After the Lunar Eclipse in April and the total lunar eclipse in May, skywatchers will be dazzled by the alignment of five planets in the sky. Summer will also usher in two consecutive supermoons. The June Super Full Moon on June 14 and the Super Buck Moon on July 13 will be up to 14% brighter and 7% larger than the average full moons.