Posted on 04/07/2020 2:31:53 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Tonight's pink moon must have not gotten the memo about social distancing; the moon will be the closest to Earth today than any other day of the year, making it the largest full moon of 2020...You can see the moon rise in the sky this evening (in New York, that happens at 7:05 p.m. local time). But the moon won't appear full until 10:35 p.m. EDT (0235 GMT), according to NASA. If you miss it, fret not — the moon will appear full on Wednesday night, as well...Today's moon has one other claim to fame — it's known as the "Paschal Moon" and helps set the date for Easter. The first Sunday after the Paschal Moon is Easter, which is why Easter falls on April 12 this year.
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Same here in the western Maryland wastelands.
As usual.
We must be on some kinda astronomical blacklist.
Seems so.
Every single time someone posts an “OMG YOU CAN’T MISS THIS ASTRONOMICAL EVENT OF A LIFETME!!!!”, it rains.
Without. Fail.
On the other hand, in the last week, I have seen 3 massive meteors streaking across the sky but there is no meteor event going on, that I can find.
It's those dang astronomers. For one thing, they always plan on these things at night. I mean, just because they're up all night doesn't mean the rest of us want to be.
Well, except for solar eclipses. That's why they're so rare. Dang astronomers.
:)
Reckon a massive meteor strike would get Kung Flu off the front pages ?
(/smartass)
7:30pm in CA?
It’s always raining in PA... it’s like Germany.
We wanted to see it, but it looks like it’ll be too cloudy in eastern TN tonight. Maybe tomorrow.
A rainbow moon would be fabulous.
The Paschal Moon is the first full moon after the Spring equinox and can vary from late March to early April.
Paschal refers to the Hebrew, “pesach” which means Passover.
Passover begins on the 15th day of Nissan, the seventh month in the Jewish calendar (late March to early April). This year it begins at sundown tomorrow. Hebrew days begin and end at sundown, so the holiday would actually begin at sundown on the preceding day. The Last Supper, when Jesus ate with His disciples, was a Passover meal.
I thought that went out of style in the seventies.
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