The April full moon rose here yesterday evening out of the east-southeast like a slow spotlight searching for us through the spruce trees surrounding our house.
It eventually found us as it rose above the woods and over Great Cove. It was soaring about 247,555 miles away from Earth, which is a little farther than the average of 238,900 miles, according to lunar reports.
The April full moon is called the “Pink Moon.” That’s the name reportedly given to it by some eastern Native American tribes because its rising coincided with the blooming of pink wildflowers, according to The Old Farmers' Almanac. The Maine Farmers' Almanac reportedly was first to identify those flowers as herb moss creeping phlox (Phlox subulate). (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on April 23, 2024.)