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How to see tonight's pink supermoon, the largest full moon of 2020

By Laura Geggel - Associate Editor 5 hours ago

Here's why it's called a pink moon.

Tonight's pink moon must have not gotten the memo about social distancing; the moon will be the closest to Earth today than any other day of the year, making it the largest full moon of 2020.

Granted, the moon is more than the prerequisite 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from the closest (celestial) body during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier today (April 7), at 2:08 p.m. EDT (1808 GMT), the moon was about 221,772 miles (356,907 kilometers) away from Earth, the closest it will be all year, according to Space.com, a Live Science sister site.

You can see the moon rise in the sky this evening (in New York, that happens at 7:05 p.m. local time). But the moon won't appear full until 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235 GMT), according to NASA. If you miss it, fret not — the moon will appear full on Wednesday night, as well.

The pink moon is also a supermoon. It is about 0.1% closer to Earth than the March full moon was, making it the most super of the supermoons for 2020, NASA reported. Moreover, this pink supermoon will appear 7% larger than an average full moon.

The moon, however, will not actually look pink unless it's covered by an opaque pink cloud or haze.

So, why does it get a pink moniker? It's named for the pink wildflower Phlox subulata, which blossoms in eastern North America in the early springtime, Space.com reported. If you're unfamiliar with its scientific name, perhaps you'll recognize it by the common names of wild ground phlox, the creeping phlox, moss phlox and the herb moss pink.

Today's moon has one other claim to fame — it's known as the "Paschal Moon" and helps set the date for Easter. The first Sunday after the Paschal Moon is Easter, which is why Easter falls on April 12 this year.

You can see a livestream of the pink supermoon at the Virtual Telescope Project today, or watch it here on Live Science.

https://www.livescience.com/how-to-watch-pink-supermoon.html


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Rather cloudy here at this time.

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Originally Posted By: archbolddawg
Rather cloudy here at this time.


We're a mix clouds/clear 20m SE of the CLE. Can see it now but just coming up....thru the backyard woods.


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But i thought this was pink supermoon not a pasty one.


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Originally Posted By: OldColdDawg
But i thought this was pink supermoon not a pasty one.


It was, he'd just been spanked.


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Like this was the only time you dropped your pants. Sure, sure.



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We saw it. Briefly. Maybe 15 mins. Clouded up then the hail and rain came.

To sum it up....a fairly brief awesome.


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The supermoon affects animals. Neighbor took a picture of 6 deer, standing in the middle of a small field close to our house - at noon. No woods withing almost 3/4 of a mile. That is not normal for deer.

2 or 3 years ago, on my way home at about 2 in the afternoon, I spotted about 50 deer in a field - again, with no woods within several hundred (5 hundred or so) yards. Also saw about 10 squirrels, over 250 yards from any tree. That is not normal for squirrels, or deer, in the middle of the day.

Oh, yeah, it was a moon event back then also.

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