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Meanwhile, Hindus will be celebrating Hanuman Jayanti, which observes the birth of Lord Hanuman and corresponds with, in most regions, the full moon of Chaitra, a month in the Hindu lunar calendar.įor Buddhists, particularly in Sri Lanka where it is a national holiday, this full moon marks Bak Poya, a day to remember when the Buddha visited Sri Lanka and averted a war by settling a dispute between chiefs, NASA reported.Īfter the Pink Moon in April and the total lunar eclipse in May, skywatchers will be dazzled by the alignment of five planets in the sky, Live Science previously reported.
'Ring of fire' solar eclipse wows skywatchers (Photos) Dazzling photos of the solar eclipse from Antarctica See spectacular lunar mission images in 3D (Photos) Eastern Christianity, on the other hand, uses the Julian instead of the Gregorian calendar and also doesn't celebrate Easter during Passover, so Eastern Orthodox churches will celebrate Easter on April 24 this year, according to Britannica.
Western Christianity observes Easter, a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring, which explains why Easter is on April 17 this year. Paschal is the Latinized word for Pesach. During the Seder, a ritual-packed feast held on each of the first two nights of Passover, families remember the biblical events of Moses liberating the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.įor Christians, this is the Paschal Moon, which helps determine the date of Easter. This moon is also known as the Pesach or Passover Moon, as the Jewish holiday Passover begins at sundown on Friday and lasts for eight days (seven days for Reform Jews and Jews in Israel). Other names for April's moon include Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon and Fish Moon, as this is when shad historically swim upstream to spawn, according to the Maine Farmer's Almanac, as reported by NASA.Ĭreeping phlox ( Phlox subulata) blooms in early spring in the eastern U.S. that blooms in early spring, according to NASA. While it won't actually appear pink, it gets its name from the flower herb moss pink, also called creeping phlox, moss phlox or mountain phlox, a plant native to the eastern U.S. May's total lunar eclipse will be visible from parts of North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, according to (opens in new tab).Īpril's Pink Moon will also be a sight to behold. The next lunar eclipse will happen next month, on May 15-16, 2022, when a total lunar eclipse will turn the moon a rusty red, giving it the eerie moniker "blood moon." The normally white moon turns red because some of the sun's light goes around Earth, where our atmosphere filters out the shorter wavelengths, such as blue and purple, but allows red and orange wavelengths through, meaning they can reach the moon and turn it burgundy, Live Science previously reported.
Sometimes during a full moon, part or all of Earth's shadow falls on the moon, making it a lunar eclipse.
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