Full 'Pink' supermoon to light up night sky
By Ada Wood and Ashley Strickland, CNN
(CNN) -- April's full moon is the "pink" moon, and it's a supermoon, too. Catch it in the night sky this Monday.
This moon will be at its fullest on Monday at 11:32 p.m. ET, according to NASA.
Supermoons appear bigger and brighter in the sky because they are slightly closer to Earth. Interpretations of what qualifies as a supermoon can vary, but there are generally two to four moons that meet the threshold -- based on the distance between the moon and Earth -- within a given year.
Under some definitions, April's will be one of four supermoons in a row, including last month's "worm" moon and two more expected in May and June. According to NASA, all publications agree that at least the April and May moons fit the classification.
This supermoon will be the second-closest full moon of the year, according to EarthSky. And although it's called the pink moon,it's not really a different color.
This moon gets its name from the pink early springtime blooms of the Phlox subulata plant, also called "moss pink." It's native to eastern North America.
Native American tribes across the United States have their own names for the moon, according to the Western Washington University Planetarium. Many of those names are also associated with springtime signs,including the melting of snow andthe return of geese after their journey south for winter. The Cherokee tribe of the East Coast calls it the "kawohni" or "flower moon," and the Creek tribe of the Southeast refers to it as "tasahcee-rakko" or "big spring moon."
There are alsoseveral religious celebrations that align with this moon, according to NASA. For Eastern Christians, this is the full moon before Easter, called the Paschal Moon.(Eastern Christianity marks Easter on Sunday, May 2). For Hindus it is Hanuman Jayanti, the celebration of the birth of Lord Hanuman. For Buddhists, it is Bak Poya, which marks the Buddha's visit to Sri Lanka to settle a dispute between chiefs, avoiding a war.
This full moon is also near the middle of the holy month of Ramadan, which Muslims observe in honor of the Quran being revealed.
Typical of a normal year, 2021 will have 12 full moons. (There were 13 full moons last year, two of which were in October.)
Here are all of the full moons remaining this year and their names, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac:
April 26 -- Pink moon
May 26 -- Flower moon
June 24 -- Strawberry moon
July 23 -- Buck moon
August 22 -- Sturgeon moon
September 20 -- Harvest moon
October 20 -- Hunter's moon
November 19 -- Beaver moon
December 18 -- Cold moon
Be sure to check for the other names of these moons as well, attributed to their respective Native American tribes.
Here is what else you can look forward to in 2021.
Once the popular Lyrids meteor shower -- which peaks on April 22 -- passes, the Eta Aquariids follow soon after. They peak on May 5 when the moon is 38% full. This shower is best seen in the southern tropics, but will stillbe visible tothose north of the equator.
The Delta Aquariids are also best seen from the southern tropics and will peak between July 28 and 29, when the moon is 74% full.
Interestingly, another meteor shower peaks on the same night -- the Alpha Capricornids. Although this is a much weaker shower, it has been known to produce some bright fireballs during its peak. It will be visible for everyone regardless of which side of the equator they are on.
The Perseid meteor shower, the most popular of the year, will peak between August 11 and 12 in the Northern Hemisphere, when the moon is only 13% full.
Here is the meteor shower schedule for the rest of the year, according to EarthSky's meteor shower outlook.
- October 8: Draconids
- October 21: Orionids
- November 4 to 5: South Taurids
- November 11 to 12: North Taurids
- November 17: Leonids
- December 13 to 14: Geminids
- December 22: Ursids
Solar and lunar eclipses
This year, there will be two eclipses of the sun and two eclipses of the moon -- and three of these will be visible for some in North America, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
A total eclipse of the moon will occur on May 26, best visible to those in western North America and Hawaii from 4:46 a.m. ET to 9:51 a.m. ET.
An annular eclipse of the sun will happen on June 10, visible in northern and northeastern North America from 4:12 a.m. ET to 9:11 a.m. ET. The sun won't be fully blocked by the moon, so be sure to wear eclipse glasses to safely view this event.
November 19 will see a partial eclipse of the moon, and skywatchers in North America and Hawaii can view it between 1 a.m. ET and 7:06 a.m. ET.
And the year will end with a total eclipse of the sun on December 4. It won't be visible in North America, but those in the Falkland Islands, the southern tip of Africa, Antarctica and southeastern Australia will be able to spot it.
Skywatchers will have multiple opportunities to spot the planets in our sky during certain mornings and evenings throughout 2021, according to the Farmer's Almanac planetary guide.
It's possible to see most of these with the naked eye, with the exception of distant Neptune, but binoculars or a telescope will provide the best view.
Mercury will look like a bright star in the morning sky from June 27 to July 16 and October 18 to November 1. It will shine in the night sky from May 3 to May 24, August 31 to September 21, and November 29 to December 31.
Venus, our closest neighbor in the solar system, will appear in the western sky at dusk in the evenings from May 24 to December 31. It's the second-brightest object in our sky, after the moon.
Mars makes its reddish appearance in the morning sky between November 24 and December 31, and it will be visible in the evening sky through August 22.
Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is the third-brightest object in our sky. It will be on display in the morning sky through August 19. Look for it in the evenings August 20 to December 31 -- but it will be at its brightest from August 8 to September 2.
Saturn's rings are only visible through a telescope, but the planet itself can still be seen with the naked eye in the mornings through August 1 and in the evenings August 2 to December 31. It will be at its brightest during the first four days of August.
Binoculars or a telescope will help you spot the greenish glow of Uranus on the mornings of May 16 to November 3 and the evenings of November 4 to December 31. It will be at its brightest between August 28 and December 31.
And our most distant neighbor in the solar system, Neptune, will be visible through a telescope in the mornings through September 13 and during the evenings September 14 to December 31. It will be at its brightest between July 19 and November 8.
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Mwezi wa Pink Supermoon kwa Ada Wood na Ashley Strickland, Mwezi wa Pink wa Aprili ni mwezi wa pink na ni mwezi wa supermoon pia. Kuikamata katika anga la usiku Jumatatu hii. Mwezi utakuwa kamili Jumatatu saa 11:32 jioni. E.T. kulingana na NASA Mwezi mkubwa huonekana kuwa mkubwa na mkali zaidi angani kwa sababu uko karibu kidogo na Dunia. "Mapendekezo ya kile kinachostahili kuwa ""supermoon"" yanaweza kutofautiana, lakini kwa ujumla kuna miezi miwili hadi minne ambayo hukutana na kizingiti - kulingana na umbali kati ya mwezi na Dunia - ndani ya mwaka mmoja." "Kwa mujibu wa takwimu, mwezi wa Aprili utakuwa mojawapo ya ""supermoon"" nne mfululizo, ikiwa ni pamoja na mwezi wa ""worm"" wa mwezi uliopita na nyingine mbili zinazotarajiwa mwezi Mei na Juni." Kulingana na NASA, machapisho yote yanakubali kwamba angalau miezi ya Aprili na Mei inafaa kwa uainishaji huo. Mwezi huu wa juu utakuwa mwezi wa pili wa karibu zaidi wa mwaka huu, kulingana na EarthSky. "Hata hivyo, kwa kuwa mwezi huu unaitwa ""Mwezi wa Waridi,"" kwa kweli ni rangi ya rangi ya rangi." Jina la mwezi huo linatokana na maua ya rangi ya waridi ya mti wa Phlox subulata, unaoitwa pia "moss pink". Ni asili ya mashariki mwa Amerika Kaskazini. Makabila ya Wenyeji wa Asili wa Amerika kote Marekani yana majina yao wenyewe kwa mwezi, kulingana na Western Washington University Planetarium. Majina mengi ya wanyama hayo yanahusianishwa na ishara za majira ya kuchipua, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuyeyuka kwa theluji na kurudi kwa bata-mbuzi baada ya safari yao kusini kwa ajili ya majira ya baridi kali. "Kabila la Cherokee la pwani ya mashariki la Marekani linaita mwezi huo ""kawahni"" au ""mwezi wa maua,"" na kabila la Creek la kusini-mashariki la Marekani linauita ""tasah-se-rakko"" au ""mwezi mkubwa wa majira ya kuchipua.""" Kuna pia sherehe kadhaa za kidini ambazo zinalingana na mwezi huu, kulingana na NASA. Kwa Wakristo wa Mashariki, huu ni mwezi kamili kabla ya Pasaka, unaoitwa Mwezi wa Pasaka. (Kristo wa Mashariki huadhimisha Pasaka Jumapili, Mei 2). Kwa Wahindu ni Hanuman Jayanti, sherehe ya kuzaliwa kwa Bwana Hanuman. Kwa Wabuddha, ni Bakpoya, ambayo inaashiria ziara ya Buddha Sri Lanka kutatua mzozo kati ya wakuu, kuepuka vita. Mwezi huu wa mwezi kamili pia uko karibu na katikati ya mwezi mtakatifu wa Ramadhani, ambao Waislamu huadhimisha kwa heshima ya Qur'ani kufunuliwa. Kwa mfano, mwaka wa 2021 utakuwa na miezi 12 kamili. Mwaka jana kulikuwa na miezi 13 kamili, na mbili kati ya hizo zilikuwa mwezi Oktoba. Mwezi wa kwanza wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi wa mwezi. Hapa kuna mambo mengine ambayo unaweza kutarajia katika 2021. Mvua ya Lyrids, ambayo hufikia kilele chake Aprili 22, inakaribia. Mwezi huu unafikia kilele chake tarehe 5 Mei wakati mwezi unapokuwa na asilimia 38 ya ujazo. Mvua hii inaonekana vizuri zaidi katika maeneo ya kitropiki ya kusini, lakini bado itaonekana hadi kaskazini mwa ikweta. Delta Aquariids ni moja ya matukio ya kawaida ya mwezi katika eneo la kusini la kitropiki, na hufanyika wakati wa mwezi kamili wa Julai 28 na 29. Jambo la kupendeza ni kwamba, mvua nyingine ya meteor hufikia kilele chake usiku huohuo - Alpha Capricornids. Ingawa mvua hiyo ni dhaifu zaidi, inajulikana kwamba hutokeza mipira ya moto yenye kung'aa wakati wa kilele chake. Itakuwa inayoonekana kwa kila mtu bila kujali upande gani wa ikweta wako. Mvua ya Perseids, ambayo ni ya kawaida zaidi katika mwaka huu, itafikia kilele chake kati ya Agosti 11 na 12 katika Kizio cha Kaskazini, wakati mwezi utakuwa na 13% tu ya ujazo. Mvua ya Meteor ya Dunia ya mwaka huu, kulingana na EarthSky Mnamo Oktoba 8, Draconids, Orionids, Taurids, na Orionids, na Leo, na Jua, na mwezi, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus, na Uranus. Mwezi utaangazwa kwa jumla tarehe 26 Mei, na utaonekana kwa wale walio katika Amerika ya Kaskazini magharibi na Hawaii kuanzia saa 4:46 asubuhi. Kuhusu muda wa kusafiri: 9:51 AM ET. (Kabla ya hapo) Kupatwa kwa jua kwa namna ya pete kutatokea Juni 10, na kuonekana kaskazini na kaskazini mashariki mwa Amerika ya Kaskazini kuanzia saa 4:12 asubuhi. Kuhusu 9:11 AM ET. (Kabla ya hapo) Jua halitafichwa kabisa na mwezi, kwa hiyo hakikisha kuvaa miwani ya kupatwa kwa jua ili uone tukio hili kwa usalama. Mnamo Novemba 19, mwezi utapigwa na jua kwa sehemu, na watazamaji wa anga huko Amerika Kaskazini na Hawaii wanaweza kuiona kati ya saa 1 asubuhi na saa 3 asubuhi. (E.T. na 7:06 asubuhi) ET. (Kabla ya hapo) Mwaka huu utaisha na kupatwa kwa jua tarehe 4 Desemba. Itajulikana kama 'Skyfall' kwa watu wa Falkland Islands, sehemu ya kusini ya Afrika, Antarctica na kusini mashariki mwa Australia. "Wanafunzi wa elimu ya anga watakuwa na fursa nyingi za kuona sayari katika anga letu wakati wa asubuhi na jioni fulani katika mwaka 2021, kulingana na mwongozo wa sayari ya ""Almanac ya Mkulima.""" Inawezekana kuona mengi ya hayo kwa jicho la kawaida, isipokuwa Neptuni iliyo mbali, lakini darubini au darubini-upeo itatoa mtazamo bora zaidi. Mercury itakuwa nyota ya jua kutoka Juni 27 hadi Julai 16 na Oktoba 18 hadi Novemba 1. Mwezi huu utaonekana usiku kuanzia tarehe 3 hadi 24 Mei, 31 Agosti hadi 21 Septemba na 29 Novemba hadi 31 Desemba. Venus, jirani yetu wa karibu katika mfumo wa jua, itaonekana katika anga la magharibi wakati wa jioni kutoka Mei 24 hadi Desemba 31. Ni kitu cha pili kwa mwangaza katika anga baada ya Mwezi. Mars inaonekana kwenye anga la asubuhi kuanzia Novemba 24 hadi Desemba 31 na itaonekana kwenye anga la jioni hadi Agosti 22. Jupita, sayari kubwa zaidi katika mfumo wetu wa jua, ni kitu cha tatu chenye kung'aa zaidi angani. Mfano huo utaonyeshwa katika anga la asubuhi hadi Agosti 19. Jua kwamba wakati wa usiku wa Agosti 20 hadi Desemba 31 utakuwa na mwangaza mkubwa zaidi kuanzia Agosti 8 hadi Septemba 2. Pembe za Saturn zinaonekana tu kupitia darubini, lakini sayari yenyewe inaweza kuonekana kwa jicho la kawaida asubuhi hadi Agosti 1 na jioni Agosti 2 hadi Desemba 31. Itakuwa na mwangaza mkubwa zaidi katika siku nne za kwanza za Agosti. Kwa kutumia darubini au darubini ya kuona mbali, unaweza kuona mwangaza wa Uranus asubuhi kuanzia Mei 16 hadi Novemba 3 na jioni kuanzia Novemba 4 hadi Desemba 31. Mwangaza wake utakuwa mkubwa zaidi kati ya Agosti 28 na Desemba 31. Neptune, jirani yetu ya mbali zaidi katika mfumo wa jua, itaonekana kupitia darubini asubuhi hadi Septemba 13 na jioni hadi Desemba 31. Mwangaza wake utakuwa mkubwa zaidi kati ya Julai 19 na Novemba 8. "Today's News ""Kabela News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company""" Haki zote zimehifadhiwa.