The “full flower supermoon” in May 2020 is seen in this photo. (Courtesy Greg Redfern)
Hey, DMV! It looks like our spring skies will be clear Monday night into Tuesday, so we can enjoy the year’s first full supermoon that will occur worldwide.
A full supermoon happens when the full moon occurs within 24 hours of perigee, or when the moon is closest to the Earth during the lunar month.
For those of us on the East Coast of the U.S., the “full pink supermoon will occur precisely at 11:31 p.m. EDT. The “pink” is in reference to a pink flower called moss pink that blooms in spring.