The biggest and brightest supermoon of the year will happen tonight, says NASA.
The “Super Pink Moon,” which occurs when there’s a full moon and the Earth is closer to the moon than usual, should be at its peak illumination tonight at 10:35 p.m EDT. Assuming we get some moderately clear skies after last night’s storms, it should be a nice little viewing opportunity.
The moon won’t actually look pink, by the way. That name comes from the herb “moss pink,” also known as creeping phlox, moss phlox or mountain phlox, which one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring in the Eastern United States, according to the The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The Pink Moon has also traditionally been called the Grass Moon, Fish Moon, Egg Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Paschal Moon, Hanuman Jayanti or Bak Poya. It’s also the known as the Pesach or Passover Moon, as Passover begins at sundown on Wednesday, April 8, in 2020.
The next supermoon, and the last of 2020, will happen May 7.
To celebrate, let’s all listen to a little Nick Drake, shall we?
This article appears in Apr 8-14, 2020.
Cheers to Scene for deleting my comment stating that this lunar event was yesterday instead of deleting the article based upon incorrect information.
Could there be a better summation as to why all of Cleveland Media is aptly ridiculed and openly disregarded.
From CBS
Americans across the country took a welcome break from coronavirus confinement as a super “pink moon” rose in the sky Tuesday night. It was the largest supermoon of 2020, according to EarthSky.
This full moon coincided with the lunar perigee — the moon’s closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit, which gives it the appearance of being bigger. When it became a full moon at 10:35 p.m. ET Tuesday, it was just 221,851 miles away from Earth.
Guys, guys, guys, this is why Scene needs us to donate money. Otherwise they’ll just report on yesterday’s news and act like its happening today.
The full moon rose at 7:38 EST in Cleveland on April 7th. It was mostly obscured by clouds for about an hour-and-a-half. On April 8th the horizon was clear and the moon was truly spectacular. Enormous…but ORANGE, not pink. Then gold, then yellow, then white. Then clouded out.
In Cleveland, April 7th was the first time the full moon was not clouded over (on the date in which it was full) since 10-13-19.
That is not so unusual in often-overcast Cleveland. There was an eight-month stretch (9/18 through 4/19) in which the same thing happened. So just quit bitching about what day it was full and enjoy it when you are able see it. A lot of the time, you can’t…because it’s Ohio.