Not only will the heavens offer up an extra-large full moon, otherwise known as a supermoon, but the astral event will also coincide with a lunar eclipse. This year, May s full moon, known as the flower moon, is also considered a supermoon and will look bigger. Marley Leacock, an astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, told
Vancouver Is Awesome that you don t need any special equipment to view the lunar eclipse in all its celestial glory – but your location is important. Provided the weather will be co-operating, for this eclipse especially you re going to want to ensure that you have a clear view of the horizon because the moon is going to be sitting quite low in the sky, she explained.
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Vancouverites captured a series of photos and videos of Monday night s ginormous pink supermoon so you didn t have to.Initialyee
If you didn’t catch Monday night’s ginormous “pink supermoon” your fellow Vancouverites have got you covered.
Known as the Pink Moon, April s full moon rose was at its fullest at 4:13 a.m. so don t feel too bad if you missed it. The Old Farmer s Almanac notes that the Pink Moon got its name from heralding the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox one of the first spring flowers. They note that Native peoples would give distinctive names to each reoccurring full moon to mark the change of seasons. As such, many of these names arose when Native Americans first interacted with colonialists.
Pink moon 2021: See first supermoon of the year tonight
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Tonight s full moon will be a supermoon, one of only two in 2021, according to NASA. A supermoon can appear a bit bigger and brighter than an average full moon. Shown is a supermoon on the left and a micro moon on the right.
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It’s also the “Pink Moon” and a supermoon.
According to the Farmer’s Almanac, which started naming full moons in the 1930s, the Pink Moon got its name from the herb moss pink, or creeping phlox, which is abundant in the springtime (and pink).