‘Pink full moon’ expected to rise this weekend ahead of meteor shower
- The Pink Moon, a full micromoon, will appear in UK skies this weekend in April 2025.
- April's full Moon is called the Pink Moon after pink spring flowers, especially Phlox subulata, that bloom in April.
- This micromoon, the year's smallest, will be 14% smaller and 30% dimmer than a supermoon and will rise in the southeast.
- The Pink Moon will rise at 8:22 p.m. EDT on April 12, shining near Spica, which gives off 20,500 times more light than the Sun.
- Following the Pink Moon, the Lyrid meteor shower, visible from April 16-26, and the Flower Moon on May 12, 2025, will occur.
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