The full moon, or Pink Moon, is named for the brilliant- pink flowers that bloom in early spring.
The Pink Moon will be fully illuminated for a short time. It will be full from Friday morning through early Monday, according to NASA.
In other words, this will be a full moon weekend, according to Gordon Johnston, a program executive in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
The sun, Earth and moon line up on an imaginary 180-degree line about once a month. The moon has a slightly higher or lower shadow than Earth, which allows the sun to illuminate its nearside or side facing Earth.
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Sometimes during a full moon, part or all of Earth's shadow falls on the moon, making it a lunar eclipse. The next lunar eclipse will take place in May of 2022, when a total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a rusty red. The total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, according to timeanddate.com.
There will be a Pink Moon in April. It gets its name from the flower herb moss pink, which is a plant native to the eastern U.S. that blooms in early spring. According to the Maine Farmer's Almanac, the Egg Moon and Fish Moon are names for the April's moon, which is when shad historically swim upstream to spawn.
The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sundown on Friday and lasts for eight days (seven days for Reform Jews and Jews in Israel). The first two nights of Passover are known as Seders, when families remember the biblical events of the freeing of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
The date of Easter is determined by the Paschal Moon. The Latinized word for Pesach is Paschal. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which explains why it is on April 17 this year. Easter will be celebrated on April 24 this year, instead of April 19 as in the Gregorian calendar, because Eastern Christianity uses theJulian calendar instead of the Gregorian one.
The birth of Lord Hanuman coincides with the full moon of Chaitra, a month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
The Buddha's visit to Sri Lanka on the day of the full moon is remembered by Buddhists in the country where it is a national holiday.
Skywatchers will be amazed by the alignment of five planets in the sky after the Pink Moon in April and the total lunar eclipse in May. There will be two supermoons in a row. June's full Super Strawberry Moon will be up to 14 percent brighter and 7 percent bigger than average full moons, according to timeanddate.com.
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