We seem to be having an astronomy renaissance lately, and I for one am here for it.
2019 has already had three supermoon events, and while normally I'd expect people to just go "Huh. The moon is super big tonight. That's cool," and then go back to their business, people seem to actually care these days.
Maybe it's the recent total eclipse that reminded us all that space is damn cool.
Is that a shallow reason? Maybe, but I did end up reading every astronomy book in the school library and have continued to follow spacey news since then.
April 19, 2019, will be the "Pink Moon." Since it falls on Good Friday, it feels a little bit extra special this year.
It's just a name for the full moon that occurs in the month of April. Yes, that's it.
According to The Old Farmer's Almanac, the name comes from the days when people used the lunar calendar to track the seasons.
(No, there's no phlox in Sailor Moon. If there was, you can be sure, I'd have taken the opportunity for another gif.)
It's one of the many names Native American tribes had for the first full moon of spring.
It's falling three days too late to be officially labeled a supermoon, but it'll still look bigger than average.
Plus, there's just something a little special about it falling on the Easter weekend, right?
