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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 10 2017 : 6:54:22 PM
If you get a chance and hopefully have clear skies tomorrow night, April 11, take a look at April's full moon. Below is a excerpt from The Farmer's Almanac about the names for April's Full Moon:
April’s Full Moon, the Full Pink Moon, heralds the appearance of the moss pink, or wild ground phlox—one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon.
Happy skies stargazers!
Dawn in IL
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 7:58:09 PM
The moon was really beautiful last night but the day before we had 4 inches of snow...no phlox here yet!
grandmother and orphan farmgirl |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 12:09:36 PM
I was able to see the pinkish tint to the moon last night. It was beautiful! Thanks Dawn for sharing!
Krista |
| herblady55 |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 08:29:55 AM
Well here in N.E.Ohio around 10PM, high in the eastern sky, I just happen to look out while closing my blinds and low and behold, there was a big hazy moon with a wide pink ring around it! I don't know why it was hazy last night. It didn't rain or anything. But there was a huge ring around the moon and it was slightly 'pink!'
I'm so excited to have seen that!
*Thank You Lord for such a beautiful sight*
Sister-chick# 905(Sept.14th 2009)
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Judy
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 04:52:58 AM
We had a beautiful and slightly orange tinged moon last night here. I was so glad the clouds cleared away for us to actually see it. I did wake up in the wee hours of the morning, but couldn't convince myself to leave my warm bed to go stare at the moon. Seeing it in the evening was enough for me!
Dawn in IL
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| windypines |
Posted - Apr 12 2017 : 03:55:09 AM
It was beautiful last night. I thought it was more orange as it was coming up.
Farming in WI
Michele |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Apr 11 2017 : 12:40:37 PM
I am excited to look at the pink moon tonight. So far our skies look clear, so I should be able to see the moon tonight. Hoping to see the pink tint as well.
Krista |
| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Apr 11 2017 : 06:27:56 AM
We had a beautiful full moon last night and I was carefully looking for a pink hue. Right now the Phlox are blooming along roadsides everywhere in this part of Florida. While I tried hard to see a pink hue to the moon, I can't say that I actually saw that. However, I had read about the pink moon on weather.com and I was delighted to learn about all the names and colors that have been assigned to each month. Fascinating! A full moon is a thing of beauty no matter what month or color it is.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Apr 11 2017 : 05:59:15 AM
I went back to my post in February about stargazing and copied this from our farmgril Marilyn:
Here is a list of some of the traditional names for the different full moons that the First Nations have used. They vary from group to group, obviously, but these are some of the more common ones.
January -- Wolf Moon or Old Moon
February -- Snow Moon or Hunger Moon
March -- Worm Moon or Sap Moon
April -- Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, or Fish Moon
May -- Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon
June -- Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon
July -- Buck Moon, Thunder Moon
August -- Sturgeon Moon or Green Corn Moon
September -- Corn Moon or Barley Moon. Sometimes the Harvest Moon -- Harvest Moon is the one closest to the Autumnal Equinox -- sometimes in October
October -- Hunter's Moon, Travel Moon, Dying Moon
November -- Beaver Moon or Frost Moon
December -- Cold Moon or Long Nights Moon
Looking at a cloudy day here in the Chicago area. I have my fingers crossed they will get out of the way tonight so we can see the moon. We should be able to see it in the Chicago area around 1 a.m I'm going to set my timer and hope for the best!
Nancy, I love your coyote story. They are great at disappearing and hiding. I was at the Morton Arboretum last Tuesday night in the woods for a frog monitoring talk and we could hear the coyotes yipping all around us. Fortunately they weren't as close to us as the frogs were!
Dawn in IL
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| Tumbleweed |
Posted - Apr 10 2017 : 9:16:48 PM
Someone not that long ago listed the names of the 12 moons. I love walking my little girl during full moonlight. One time I was out with my kids during a full moon. We heard coyotes in the distance. I thought how cool. Then a straggler answered them back. He couldn't have been more than 10ft away from us hidden in the brush. Probably we were in his path way. Nearly jumped out of my skin it was so loud and close. Not afraid of them. Just not hankering to be chummy. Luckily my pups stayed with me and didn't try to chase them. We decided to go back home.
TW
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| Tumbleweed |
Posted - Apr 10 2017 : 9:07:41 PM
Having technical issues tonight. Actual post to follow |
| nubidane |
Posted - Apr 10 2017 : 7:56:12 PM
Dawn. I will check it out. We are moon gazers here, and tonight's has been absolutely incredible!
Looking forward to tomorrow night when we close up the barn and check out the sky!
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