It's not because the moon will be pink!
People play volleyball on the beach as the Pink Moon rises in the sky over the Salmiya district, some 12 miles east of the capital Kuwait City on April 19, 2019.David FreemanApril's full moon is sometimes called a pink moon, but anyone who looks up at the sky expecting to see a moon that's actually rosy will be sorely disappointed.
For all the attention being lavished on the pink moon — questions like"What time will the moon be pink tonight?" are trending online and there's even a #pinkmoon hashtag on social media — Earth's natural satellite looks no different this month than in any other.from folklore — a reference to moss pink, or wild ground phlox, whose pinkish flowers are among spring's earliest flowers in the eastern United States.
Brother Guy Consolmagno, director of the Vatican Observatory in Rome, said that he too was unfamiliar with the term"pink moon" but applauded its use. "I think it’s great that people personalize it so," he said in an email."I just wish more people actually looked up and paid attention to the moon, just to be aware of the universe around them and to get their noses out of their cellphones."
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