Winterspring — April/The Pink Moon

In mid-April, there is a special event in the sky above Lower Saxony. The so-called "Pink Moon" announces spring as well as Easter.

What lies behind the "Pink Moon" and how star shootings can be observed best is revealed to us this month by Mariana Wagner from the Planetarium HamburgWe can experience a "Pink Moon" in April. However, anyone who looks to the sky on April 13 in the morning sees the full moon in his usual silver gloss. The colourful naming of the Earthtrabant owes to indigenous peoples of North America, who were inspired by the plant Phlox, also called flame flo…

Winterspring — April/The Pink Moon

(Illustration by Dave Holden) Finally, spring begins to unfold and this Moon (interchangeable with “month,” but runs from Full Moon to Full Moon) is the epitome of the season — bright, full of life and light — a time of rebirth and renewal. Rarely is this Moon really pink, but this is the time when moss phlox (phlox subulata), also called moss pink and creeping ground phlox flowers unfold in the northeast. Tribes further west in the Rockies, sti…