“APR. 16: FULL PINK MOON…Easter Sunday”

APR. 16: FULL PINK MOON

Lady Liberty watches as the full Egg Moon rises over New York City on April 11, 2017. Astrophotographer Gowrishankhar L. captured this shot from Liberty State Park in New Jersey. He told Space.com that although overcast skies blocked his view of the moon at first, the clouds ultimately parted just enough to make out the moon's features while the moonlight illuminated the wispy layers of remaining cloud cover

Lady Liberty watches as the full Egg Moon rises over New York City on April 11, 2017. Astrophotographer Gowrishankhar L. captured this shot from Liberty State Park in New Jersey. He told Space.com that although overcast skies blocked his view of the moon at first, the clouds ultimately parted just enough to make out the moon’s features while the moonlight illuminated the wispy layers of remaining cloud cover (Image credit: Gowrishankar L. )

2:55 p.m. EDT (1855 GMT)

The grass pink or wild ground phlox is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names were the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and — among some tribes on the east coast — the Full Fish Moon, when the shad come upstream to spawn. 

In 2022 this is also the Paschal Full Moon; the first full moon after the spring equinox on March 20. The first Sunday following the Paschal Moon is Easter Sunday, which indeed will be observed the very next day on Sunday, April 17. 


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