Pink Moon Is This Weekend!

It’s that time of the year again everyone! The April’s Pink Moon is here!

The Pink Moon is set to reach its full peak illumination and its brightest point at around 8:22p.m. EDT. Saturday night.

However, if you are busy that night or don’t have time to view don’t worry as the full moon will be visible on April 13th as well.

So, is the “Pink Moon” actually really pink? Not exactly where I’m from but I have had several people from all around United States say that the moon did have a pink tint, so I guess that it is just according to where you live at.

So how did the “Pink Moon” get it’s name?

Unlike what we would all probably think that the moon gets its name from being pink, that is not the case. The moon is actually referred to as “pink moon” due to a special type of pink wildflower that is native to Eastern North America during the month of April. This plant that I am referring to is called “Creeping Phlox” or “Moss Phlox”. The phlox also goes by the name “Moss Pink”.

However, not everyone refers to this moon as the Pink Moon! Some native american tribes like the Algonquin tribe refer to this moon as the “Breaking Ice Moon” and others like the Dakota tribe refer to this moon as the “Moon When the Streams Are Again Navigable”.

Both of the names refer to the moon around the time of the season that ice begins to melt and increasing the mobility of the early beginnings of the Spring season!