Credit & Copyright: Alice Ross
Explanation:
On April 25 a nearly full moon rose just before sunset.
Welcomed in a clear blue sky and framed by cherry blossoms,
its familiar face was captured in this snapshot
from Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Known
to some as a Pink Moon,
April's
full
lunar phase
occurred with the moon near perigee.
That's the closest point in its
not-quite-circular
orbit around planet Earth,
making this Pink Moon one of the closest and brightest full moons
of the year.
If you missed it, don't worry.
Your next chance to see a full perigee moon will be on May 26.
Known to some as a
Flower Moon,
May's full moon will actually be
closer
to you
than April's by about 98 miles (158 kilometers),
or about 0.04% the distance from the Earth to the Moon at perigee.
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