We’re standing on Amen Ridge as last night’s Full Pink Moon comes booming out from behind the Atlantic Ocean’s horizon. At first, it’s only a molten orb masked by the budding maples along our shore, as you see here. Then, it frees itself from the tangles and comes into golden focus as it rises into the darkness of night. After its orbit took it above the clouds, it turns platinum.
The April full moon is called the Pink Moon, not because it ever gets pink, but because it arrives when pink phlox (Phlox subulata) begins to appear in our more southerly latitudes. It’s also called the Paschal Full Moon because it’s the full moon nearest to Passover and Easter. (Brooklin, Maine) For more images, click here: