Posted on 04/07/2020 4:35:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
If you need a reason to get out of the house and see a show in our own backyard, tonight’s the night.
A pink supermoon will rise tonight, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The moon will also be the closest to the Earth at about 221,772 miles away, Space.com said.
Not only does it have a colorful name, but it also is a supermoon and the first full moon of spring.
You will be able to see it just after sunset with it making its peak illumination at 10:35 p.m. EDT, according to the almanac.
But the show you want to see is right when it is just above the horizon when it appears golden. The pink name is only to connect it with the colors of spring flowers, not the color of the natural satellite.
The oversized appearance of the moon is actually an optical illusion, Space.com said.
The full moon that rises Tuesday is also the paschal full moon, or the moon that determines the day Easter lands.
Depending on the culture, the moon may also be called sprouting grass moon, the egg moon and the fish moon, according to the almanac.
You can use tonight’s show in the sky as a learning opportunity using the pink moon as a jumping-off point for kids to learn about what’s beyond the Earth, Space.com suggested.
NASA has set up an entire website called NASA at Home to help parents teach kids about space. The site includes e-books, virtual tours, videos and other educational materials.
Apparently, it’s too cloudy here tonight. Maybe things will clear up.
Freaking moon worship.
I’m out walking the dog.Looks pretty cool. Nice.
I’m kind of grateful for all of God’s handiwork. Moon gives us Tides.
Yep. Just saw it, and showed it to my wife. Beautiful.
“...and the first full moon of spring.”
...and thus Passover.
+1
If you ever at your desk looking for a subject to start a conversation about, go to www.timeanddate.com and adjust the calendars by year and place. Specifically, pull up the countries Italy and the United Kingdom, and compare the years 1582 and 1752. (Pull up 1918 Russia to boot.)
Anybody else first read that as “Pink Superman”?
I figured it was NYC lighting up the sky with a gay superhero to save us
Might want to clean my glasses a bit better
OK I LOLed
I showed my wife a super moon once.
The sun is setting behind me. I’m hanging out on my porch waiting for the view.
Thanks for the thread.
I just saw it during a break in the clouds making a pretty reflection on the lake.
During the supermoon of 2012 I was recovering in a top floor ICU room with a view to the east. People kept coming by to ask if they could look at the moon. I thought it was great.
1752 was an interesting year in England. Not only did they lose 11 days, but New Years Day was shifted from March 25 to January 1. When George Washington was born it was on Feb. 11, 1731 but is now considered to be Feb. 22, 1732.
Caught a brief glimpse about 30 minutes ago here in MD, but then the clouds quickly covered it.
We got a quick peek at it about 7:50 this evening before it disappeared behind clouds. With a scheduled moonset of about 7:10 a.m., we might see something in the early dark.
I only came across the date change in Russia fairly recently; I remember learning about the "October Revolution" happening in November and never being able to comprehend the teacher's explanation.
Supposedly, there's a Julian Calendar 2.0 out there but I don't think anyone is in a hurry to use it because for the next 1300 years or so, it is the same as the Gregorian Calendar.
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