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Super ‘pink’ moon to shine across Australia tonight – ABC News
If you look up later tonight you’ll see a beautiful full moon as it makes its closest approach to Earth this month — aka a supermoon.
If you look up later tonight, you’ll see a beautiful full moon as it makes its closest approach to Earth this month aka a supermoon.
In North America, the April full moon is known as a “pink” moon.
It’s not actually pink in colour according to folklore, it’s named after the first pink flower of the season.
While the Moon will look full all night, in astronomy the full moon happens at a specific point in time when the Moon is directly opposite the Sun (syzygy).
This year, the full moon falls just…
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