Overview
- The Pink Moon, which reaches peak illumination Wednesday at about 10:12–10:13 p.m. EDT, will look its most striking near moonrise low in the eastern sky.
- The name comes from spring’s blooming moss phlox, so the moon will not turn pink and often looks orange near the horizon, and it is not a supermoon this month.
- Stargazers can watch the moon pass very close to Spica, the brightest star in Virgo, on Thursday, April 2.
- In Western Christian calendars, this full moon is the Paschal Moon that sets Easter on Sunday, April 5, and it also lines up with the lunar timing used for Passover.
- NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission has a daily launch window from April 1–6, creating a chance the rocket could share the sky with the full moon for viewers in Florida and southern Georgia.