Overview
- The April full moon reaches peak illumination Wednesday at about 10:12–10:13 p.m. EDT, with a rare 7:13 p.m. PDT match to both sunset and moonrise on the U.S. West Coast.
- Best views come at local moonrise low in the east when Earth’s air scatters blue light and can tint the Moon orange, and this one is not a supermoon.
- The disk serves as the Paschal Moon that fixes Easter on Sunday, April 5, and it will still look full into Thursday evening.
- After peak night, the Moon passes within roughly two degrees of Spica on Thursday, offering an easy naked‑eye pairing with Virgo’s brightest star.
- NASA’s Artemis II is scheduled to lift off at 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday from Florida, giving viewers near the launch corridor a slim chance to catch a rocket ascent as the full Moon rises.