I saw the moon last night it was not pink
By snowy
@snowy22315 (187787)
United States
8 responses
@Scarred4Lyfe (720)
•
15 Apr
It wasn't colored pink. It is called a 'Pink Moon' because it happens right after a certain type of pink flower blooms in spring.
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@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
15 Apr
They showed pictures of a pink haze around it. Unless they were just for dramatic effect. I read about it now, it is more likely to be white or golden
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@FourWalls (73585)
• United States
15 Apr
“Pink” moon is its name, like “blue moon.” All the full moons have names, believe it or not.
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@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
15 Apr
Really? I would have not known that. Now the harvest moon is actually orange, I have heard tales of a blood red moon too.
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@FourWalls (73585)
• United States
15 Apr
@snowy22315 — here’s a list of the names, from the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
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@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
15 Apr
@FourWalls They don't even have Harvest moon in there, maybe back in the day the called it corn moon.
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@kareng (72433)
• United States
15 Apr
It wasn't supposed to be pink, that's just what the Indians called it long ago, and the name stuck. This is per NASA: "April’s full moon is called the Pink Moon after the herb moss pink, one of the early flowers of spring – not because of the color of the moon."
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@kareng (72433)
• United States
15 Apr
@snowy22315 It is pretty interesting to see how they got the names for these moons!
@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
15 Apr
Actually, the moon was very bright and seemed closer to me. I think the pink might have only been visible for a short period of time. What I read said 8:22.
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@Deepizzaguy (108627)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
14 Apr
I do not remember seeing the pink moon last night since the pink moon would be seen in Central America according to internet reports from that region.
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@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
14 Apr
I thought it could be seen in multiple places.
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@Deepizzaguy (108627)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
15 Apr
@snowy22315 Maybe in some parts of the world as well as here in the US,
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@mildredtabitha (16491)
• Nairobi, Kenya
15 Apr
Maybe they miscalculated the time it will look pink.
The moon I see is white.
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@snowy22315 (187787)
• United States
15 Apr
I think the pink was just named for the season. The moon was exceptionally bright though..looked white to me.
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@mildredtabitha (16491)
• Nairobi, Kenya
16h
@snowy22315 I'm just glad you still saw the moon.
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