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Here\u2019s everything you should know about the Moon this month, including facts, folklore, and Moon phase\u00a0dates.<\/p>\n<h3>WHEN TO SEE THE FULL MOON IN APRIL\u00a02020<\/h3>\n<p>Venture outside on the night of\u00a0<strong>Tuesday, April 7<\/strong>, to catch a glimpse of April\u2019s full Pink Moon. This\u00a0full Moon\u2014which is a\u00a0<strong>supermoon<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>first full Moon of spring<\/strong>,\u00a0<em>and<\/em>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Paschal Full Moon<\/strong>\u2014will be visible after sunset and reach peak illumination at 10:35\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">P.M.\u00a0EDT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For the best view of this lovely spring Moon, find an open area and watch as the Moon\u00a0rises just above the horizon, at which point it will appear its biggest and take on a golden hue! (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/astronomy\/moon-rise-and-set\">Find local Moon rise and set times here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3>SUPER PINK MOON: THE BIGGEST AND BRIGHTEST SUPERMOON OF THE\u00a0YEAR<\/h3>\n<p><em>(<strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0Before you get your hopes up, this \u201cSuper Pink Moon\u201d won\u2019t actually look \u201csuper pink\u201d\u2014or any hue\u00a0of pink, really.\u00a0The Moon\u00a0will be its usual golden color near the horizon and fade\u00a0to a bright white as it glides overhead. Learn why it\u2019s called the Pink Moon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/content\/full-moon-april#Name\">below<\/a>!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently\u00a0in the midst of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/news\/astronomy\/astronomy\/ready-supermoon-season-2020\">series of supermoons<\/a>, with the first having occurred\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/content\/full-moon-march\">March 9<\/a>\u00a0and the last occurring on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/content\/full-moon-may\">May 7<\/a>.\u00a0That makes April\u2019s full Moon\u00a0the second supermoon in this series, but certainly not the one to\u00a0miss.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the fact that April\u2019s full Moon\u00a0will be closer to Earth than either other supermoon in the series, it will be\u00a0the\u00a0biggest and brightest full Moon of\u00a02020!<\/p>\n<p>How big and how bright, exactly? On average, supermoons are about 7% bigger and about 15% brighter than a typical full Moon. However,\u00a0unless you were to see a regular full Moon and a supermoon side by side in the sky, the difference is\u00a0very difficult to notice.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/news\/astronomy\/astronomy\/what-supermoon\">Learn more about supermoons here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The First Full Moon of Spring\u00a0<span class=\"amp\">&amp;<\/span>\u00a0the Paschal Full\u00a0Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>April\u2019s full Moon is the first to occur after the\u00a0March equinox, which makes it the first full Moon of spring and the Paschal Full Moon. The Paschal Full Moon is the full Moon that determines the date of Easter.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/news\/everything-almanac-news\/easter-motions-moon\">Find out more about Easter and Paschal Full Moon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a id=\"Name\" name=\"Name\"><\/a>WHY IS IT CALLED THE PINK\u00a0MOON?<\/h3>\n<p>Although we wish this name had to do with the color of the Moon, the reality is not quite as mystical or awe-inspiring. In truth, April\u2019s full Moon often corresponded with the early springtime blooms\u00a0of a certain\u00a0wildflower native to eastern North America:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/plant\/phlox\"><em>Phlox subulata<\/em><\/a>\u2014commonly\u00a0called creeping phlox or moss phlox\u2014which also went by the name \u201cmoss\u00a0pink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to this\u00a0seasonal association, this full Moon came to be called the Pink\u00a0Moon!<\/p>\n<p>*  <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April\u2019s full Moon rises on the night of Tuesday, April 7. Traditionally called the Pink Moon, this full Moon will also be a spectacular supermoon! Here\u2019s everything you should know about the Moon this month, including facts, folklore, and Moon phase dates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1850],"tags":[1867,62,28,67,1868,1866],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11758"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11766,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11758\/revisions\/11766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}