An awe-inspiring celestial display as Pink Moon joins the trio of the most luminous planets above.
The April full moon will reach its full moon on Thursday evening, and it will shine near the bright star “As-Sunbula” (or the defenseless Semmak). The moon will also be bright and almost full on Wednesday and Friday.
The full moon, known as the Pink Moon, will join a string of visible planets in Earth’s sky this month.
Although the name of the full moon in April is described as pink, which may indicate that the color of the moon will change to this color at sunrise, this will not happen, as in fact the moon gets its name from a coincidence with the bloom of wildflowers known as “phlox subulata”. ), in early spring, in North America, which has a beautiful pink color, which is one of the hallmarks of spring.
And Al Sunbula, a bright star in the constellation Virgo, will be about 8 degrees to the left of and below the pink moon on the night the moon is at its fullest, according to NASA.
And the next night, Friday, April 7, you will see the waning moon just 3 degrees from Sunbula.
The full moon will appear orange when viewed near the horizon due to Rayleigh scattering as it rises and sets.
Light from the Moon will travel through most of the Earth’s atmosphere to reach observers on Earth. This means that the shorter wavelengths of blue light scatter when colliding with molecules in the atmosphere, while the longer wavelengths of reddish and orange light travel more easily.
Rayleigh scattering is also the reason why skies are blue and sunrises and sunsets are red.
The April full moon has several different names, and according to NASA, some of them are borrowed from Native American cultures. For example, “Easter Full Moon”, where the phrase “Easter” comes from the Greek word “Easter”, which means “Easter”. It is also called “grass moon”, “egg moon”, and “fish moon”.
A full moon occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun, which means that its face is completely illuminated.
And on the night of April 5, when the moon rises in the evening, astronomy lovers can see at least three of the five planets with the naked eye. Venus will be the brightest planet, followed by Mercury and Mars.
After the pink moon, the next full moon will occur on May 5th.
Source: Living Science