Ground Phlox or Pink Moon?
- Mariana I. Flores
- Apr 11, 2017
- 1 min read
Here is to the celebrating the beginning of spring!
As we've approached spring, nature has blessed us with our yearly mesmerizing pink moon as a representation of the ground phlox flower blooming. This beautiful moon will be visible from April 10th to April 12th.
Don't worry beautiful humans! If you all missed the pink moon I've listed a few dates for the month of April which will make you fall in love with the beauty of our world.
April 10 - April 12: Pink Moon as a representation of the beginning of Spring. This is how Native Americans recorded time and seasons.
April 16: Moon will 3 degrees close to Saturn.
April 21: Mars is close to the Pleiades Star Cluster.
(http://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/pleiades-star-cluster-enjoys-worldwide-renown)
April 22: Lyrid Meteor Shower.
(https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/meteor-shower/lyrids.html)
April 23: Venus is close to the moon.
April 28: Lunar Occulation from brightest star Aldebaron (http://www.astronomy.com/magazine/sky-this-month/2017/02/jupiter-rules-the-night)
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