Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2021 April 30 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. Pink and the Perigee Moon Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Alice Ross Explanation: On April 25 a nearly full moon rose just before sunset. Welcomed in a clear blue sky and framed by cherry blossoms, its familiar face was captured in this snapshot from Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. [5]Known to some as a Pink Moon, April's [6]full lunar phase occurred with the moon near perigee. That's the closest point in its [7]not-quite-circular orbit around planet Earth, making this Pink Moon one of the closest and brightest full moons of the year. [8]If you missed it, don't worry. Your next chance to see a full perigee moon will be on May 26. Known to some as a [9]Flower Moon, May's full moon will actually be [10]closer to you than April's by about 98 miles (158 kilometers), or about 0.04% the distance from the Earth to the Moon at perigee. Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend __________________________________________________________________ [11]< | [12]Archive | [13]Submissions | [14]Index | [15]Search | [16]Calendar | [17]RSS | [18]Education | [19]About APOD | [20]Discuss | [21]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [22]Robert Nemiroff ([23]MTU) & [24]Jerry Bonnell ([25]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [26]Specific rights apply. [27]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [28]ASD at [29]NASA / [30]GSFC & [31]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2104/pink_moon.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. mailto:%20firstname.f.lastname%20[at]%20gmail%20[dot]%20com 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1818/the-next-full-moon-is-a-supermoon-pink-moon/ 6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/lunar-phases-and-eclipses/ 7. https://moon.nasa.gov/diy-moon-orbit/ 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201002.html 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200509.html 10. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-perigee-apogee-close-and-far-moons 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210429.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 15. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 20. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210430 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210501.html 22. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 25. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 27. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 28. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 29. https://www.nasa.gov/ 30. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 31. http://www.mtu.edu/