Look up tonight! ½½Ê¬¤Ê Pink Moon ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ës this evening as our entire lunar ±ÒÀ± is lit up by the sun

  • The Pink Moon will ¸ø¼°¤Ë ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ë at 00:49 BST on Wednesday morning
  • It won't ¸½¼Â¤Ë look pink, but will look ½½Ê¬¤Ê and ͭ˾¤Ê in the night sky?

If you're a fan of stargazing, make sure you have this evening Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ëd off in your diary.?

Tonight, the ½½Ê¬¤Ê Pink Moon will reach its ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ë as our entire lunar ±ÒÀ± is lit up by the sun.?

¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º its °¦¾Î, the moon won't ¸½¼Â¤Ë look pink.?

Instead, the »Ø̾¤¹¤ë comes from the herb moss pink, which is one of the earliest ÉáµÚ¤·¤¿ flowers of spring.?

'Other »Ø̾¤¹¤ës for this Moon ´Þ¤à the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and ¤ÎÃæ¤Ç ±è´ß¤Î tribes the Fish Moon, as this was when the shad swam upstream to spawn,' ¹Ò¶õ±§Ãè¶É explained.?

If you're a fan of stargazing, make sure you have this evening booked off in your diary. Tonight, the Full Pink Moon will reach its peak as our entire lunar satellite is lit up by the sun

If you're a fan of stargazing, make sure you have this evening Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ëd off in your diary. Tonight, the ½½Ê¬¤Ê Pink Moon will reach its ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ë as our entire lunar ±ÒÀ± is lit up by the sun

½½Ê¬¤Ê moons occur ³µÎ¬¤Ç once a month, when the moon is opposite the sun, as ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ëd from Earth.?

This alignment ÌÀ¤é¤«¤Ë¤¹¤ë¡¿Ï³¤é¤¹s the moon's dayside, making it appear ½½Ê¬¤Ê and ͭ˾¤Ê in the night sky.?

The Pink Moon will ¸ø¼°¤Ë ĺÅÀ¡Ê¤Ë㤹¤ë¡Ë at 00:49 BST on Wednesday morning (19:49 EDT on Tuesday night in the US).??

'The Moon will appear ½½Ê¬¤Ê for about 3 days around this time, from Monday morning to Thursday morning,' ¹Ò¶õ±§Ãè¶É explained.?

The Maine ÇÀ¶È¼Ôs' Almanac began publishing 'Indian' »Ø̾¤¹¤ës for ½½Ê¬¤Ê moons »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë in the 1930s, and these are now ¹­ÈϰϤˤ錄¤Ã¤Æ known and used around the world.?

April's ½½Ê¬¤Ê moon is usually called the Pink Moon ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð this almanac, but you may also hear people calling it the Fish Moon, the Egg Moon, or the Grass Moon.?

April's full moon is usually called the Pink Moon according to this almanac, but you may also hear people calling it the Fish Moon, the Egg Moon, or the Grass Moon

April's ½½Ê¬¤Ê moon is usually called the Pink Moon ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð this almanac, but you may also hear people calling it th e Fish Moon, the Egg Moon, or the Grass Moon

In the Hebrew calendar, this is also the Pesach, or Passover Moon, while for Buddhists, this is the Bak Poya.?

The Hindu lunisolar calendar has a number of variations, although for most ÃÏ°ès, this ½½Ê¬¤Ê Moon corresponds with the Hanuman Jayanti festival, which is the ½Ë²ì of the birth of Lord Hanuman.?

°ìÊý¡¿¹ç´Ö, this ½½Ê¬¤Ê moon is ¶á¤Å¤¯ the middle of?Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar, and the middle of the third month of the Chinese year of the dragon.?

'The wearing of ÅÔ¹ç¤è¤¯ celebratory celestial attire is encouraged in ±ÉÍÀ¡Ê¤ò¼õ¤±¤ë¡Ë of the ½½Ê¬¤Ê Moon,' ¹Ò¶õ±§Ãè¶É Äɲ乤ëd.?

'Enjoy the Áá´ü¤Ë flowers and sprouting grass of spring, leave an extra seat at the ¡ÊÊÆ¡Ëê¾å¤²¤¹¤ë¡¿¡Ê±Ñ¡ËÄóµÄ¤¹¤ë, and Èò¤±¤ë starting any wars!'

The Ãʳ¬s of the moon

Like Earth, the Moon has a day Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë and a night Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë, which change as the Moon ²óž¡¿¸òÂØs.?

The Sun always illuminates half of the Moon while the other half remains dark, but how much we are able to see of that illuminated half changes as the Moon travels through its µ°Æ».

In the Northern Ⱦµå, the Ãʳ¬s of the moon are:

1. New Moon

This is the invisible Ãʳ¬ of the Moon, with the illuminated Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë of the Moon ľÌ̤¹¤ëing the Sun and the night Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë ľÌ̤¹¤ëing Earth.

2. Waxing »°Æü·î

This silver sliver of a Moon occurs when the illuminated half of the Moon ľÌ̤¹¤ës mostly away from Earth, with only a tiny Éôʬ ÌÀÇò¤Ê to us from our ÏÇÀ±.

3. First £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1?

The Moon is now a £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1 of the way through its ·îËè¤Î ι¹Ô and you see half of its illuminated Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë.?

4. Waxing Gibbous

Now most of the Moon's dayside has come into ¸«²ò¡Ê¤ò¤È¤ë¡Ë, and the Moon appears brighter in the sky.?

5. ½½Ê¬¤Ê Moon

This is as ¤Î¶á¤¯¤Ë as we come to seeing the Sun's ¾ÈÌÀ of the entire day Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë of the Moon.

6. ɼå¤Êing Gibbous

As the Moon begins its ι¹Ô »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë toward the Sun, the opposite Ì£Êý¤¹¤ë of the Moon now È¿±Ç¤¹¤ës the Moon¡Çs light.?

7. Last £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1

The Moon looks like it¡Çs half illuminated from the »ëÌî of Earth, but really you¡Çre seeing half of the half of the Moon that¡ Çs illuminated by the Sun ? or a £´È¾´ü/4ʬ¤Î1.?

8. ɼå¤Êing »°Æü·î

The Moon is nearly »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to the point in its µ°Æ» where its dayside ľÀÜ¡¿¤Þ¤Ã¤¹¤°¤Ë ľÌ̤¹¤ës the Sun, and all that we see from our »ëÌî is a thin curve.?