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Get ready to see a full pink supermoon over Colorado Monday evening. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
COLORADO There s some good news and bad news about the full pink supermoon that will rise over Colorado late Monday evening.
The bad news first, because there s just a sliver of it: The moon won t be pink (more about that later). Come to think of it, that may make the news of the full pink supermoon nothing but good weather dependent, of course.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a partly cloudy sky for Monday evening in Denver s metro area when the moon rises. Moonrise is around 7 p.m., and the moon reaches perigee (more about that later, too) at around 9:30 p.m.
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WASHINGTON There s some good news and bad news about the full pink supermoon that will rise over Washington late Monday evening.
The bad news first, because there s just a sliver of it: The moon won t be pink (more about that later). Come to think of it, that may make the news of the full pink supermoon nothing but good weather dependent, of course.
The National Weather Service is forecasting mostly cloudy skies for Monday evening when the moon rises. Moonrise is around 6 p.m. Pacific Time and the moon reaches perigee (more about that later, too) at around 8:30 p.m.
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The pink moon got its name because the April full moon occurs at the same time the pink wildflower phlox blooms in North America. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
ENCINITAS, CA There s some good news and bad news about the full pink supermoon that will rise over Encinitas late Monday evening.
The bad news first, because there s just a sliver of it: The moon won t be pink (more about that later). Come to think of it, that may make the news of the full pink supermoon nothing but good weather dependent, of course.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a chance of showers for Monday evening when the moon rises. Moonrise is around 7:17 p.m.
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The pink moon got its name because the April full moon occurs at the same time the pink wildflower phlox blooms in North America. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
RAMONA, CA There s some good news and bad news about the full pink supermoon that will rise over Ramona late Monday evening.
The bad news first, because there s just a sliver of it: The moon won t be pink (more about that later). Come to think of it, that may make the news of the full pink supermoon nothing but good weather dependent, of course.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a chance of showers for Monday evening when the moon rises. Moonrise is around 7:15 p.m.
Most commercial calendars based on Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, show the full moon occurring on Tuesday, April. 27, according to NASA. But either way, it s going to be big and bright from Sunday night through Wednesday morning.
The April 26 full moon is the first of three consecutive supermoons. The full moons on May 26 and June 24 are also so classified.
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Supermoons are not really bigger and brighter, though. And no small amount of debate surrounds the question of whether supermoons are even a real thing.
The term was coined in pre-internet 1979 by astrologer Richard Nolle to describe new and full moons that occur when the orb is within 90 percent of perigee in lay terms, at its closest approach to Earth in the elliptical orbit.