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Spectacular ‘pink supermoon’ will hit the sky on Monday
New York Post ^
| April 25, 2021 | 3:27pm
| Kate Sheehy
Posted on 04/25/2021 4:09:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The year’s only “pink supermoon” will hit its peak in the night sky Monday.
The lunar treat is one of the three most spectacular showings of the earthly satellite all year — appearing up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than regular moons.
Monday’s full spring-time moon won’t actually be pink — that’s just the moniker it earned from the Farmer’s Almanac because its appearance is timed around that of the pink North American wildflower moss phlox.
But it will be “super’’ to see because it is one of the few times of the year that the moon is so close to Earth.
This year’s “pink supermoon’’ will be at its finest glory around 11:30 p.m. Monday.
The other two annual “supermoons’’ are May’s “flower moon’’ and June’s “strawberry moon,’’ nicknamed for their seasons.
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KEYWORDS: fullmoon; supermoon
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I am still waiting for the Giant Meteor..
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:12:09 PM PDT
by
algore
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! And he looks fabulous in a fuschia cape.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:15:42 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I’ve seen a few pink moons in my day but they weren’t celestial.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:16:54 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:18:40 PM PDT
by
ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Moss Phlox
Wasn’t that one of the woke characters from Star Wars?
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:21:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: ETL
I do not want to know what that monolith's predecessor made the ape-men do to each other to try to evolve them.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:22:02 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The lunar treat is one of the three most spectacular showings of the earthly satellite all year — appearing up to 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than regular moons. If the Moon's orbit was perfectly circular, it would of course appear the same size every time it comes around. However, it's somewhat elliptical and so is further away from Earth at various times.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:23:07 PM PDT
by
ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! CHINA-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
To: ETL
Oops. I thought that was the 2001 monolith gayed up, not a rainbow flag on the moon.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:23:30 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Police should refuse duty at NBA venues. Let them wallow in their desired chaos without police.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
There is no pink side of the moon really, matter of fact it’s all pink.
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:24:20 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:27:58 PM PDT
by
Bigg Red
(Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
To: dfwgator
Green cheese is not pink. 🤡
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:30:12 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
To: ETL
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posted on
04/25/2021 4:57:54 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
When did they start naming moons? Previously the only one I heard was Harvest Moon.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
To: yesthatjallen
Different cultures have names for the full moons at different times of the year. The Harvest Moon is the one closest to the autumn equinox. The Hunter’s Moon is the first one after that.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:40:11 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I was hoping for a blood red moon.
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posted on
04/25/2021 5:46:22 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
To: Alberta's Child
The Starving Moon is April, because you’ve run out of stored food and nothing new is available. I know, let’s try eating stinging nettles. They’re green!
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posted on
04/25/2021 7:22:54 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I found that yelling at my screen did not effect the change I sought.)
To: dfwgator
To: E. Pluribus Unum
NOTE TO ME: REMEMBER TO LOOK!
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posted on
04/26/2021 12:52:50 AM PDT
by
NetAddicted
(Just looking)
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