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April's full pink moon will also be a supermoon this year in Prince George, which means it will look bigger than usual.Photo via Chayanan / Getty Images If you missed March's wormy full moon illuminating the sky, you won't want to miss April's local lunar offering.  This year, April's full moon, known as the "pink moon," is also considered a "supermoon." What in the world does that mean? No, the lunar behemoth won't possess supernatural powers or super-celestial abilities - it will simply look bigger.  But that's still pretty neat.  Known as the "Pink Moon," April's full moon is set to ris...

Best night sky events of April 2021 (stargazing maps) Space 1 day ago © Provided by Space starry night sky April 2021 Related: Thursday, April 1 - Evening Zodiacal Light (after dusk) If you live in a location where the sky is free of light pollution, you might be able to spot the Zodiacal Light, which will most apparent during the two weeks that precede the new moon on Monday, April 12. Starting at the end of evening twilight you’ll have about half an hour to check the west-northwestern sky for a wedge of faint light extending upwards from the horizon and centered on the ecliptic (i.e...

This coming April we have the Lyrid meteor shower, which will peak on the nights 21st / 22nd and 22nd / 23rd. A meteor shower is named after the constellation from where the meteors appear to come from. In this case the constellation of Lyra the Lyre. A meteor shower is formed from the dust trail left by a comet as it travels around the Sun. A comet is essentially a dirt snowball travelling through space. When the Earth passes through these dust streams we see lots of meteors. These dust grains can hit the atmosphere with speeds of anywhere between 20 and 50 miles per second.

Credit NASA For April 2021, the last quarter moon is on April 4. The waning crescent passes below Saturn in the dawn on April 6, then below brighter Jupiter on April 7.  It is new on April 11.  The waxing crescent passes below Mars in the evening sky on April 15. First quarter moon is April 19, and the full moon, the Egg Moon, is on April 26.   Mercury is visible just below the Pleiades cluster in the northwest at the very end of the month in the evening sky.  You will start to see much brighter Venus emerge into the evening sky in early May.  Mars is the only easy planet to spot in...

Full moon dates for 2021, including April's Pink Moon Full moons illuminate the sky every month, but why do they have different names? The Full Worm Moon is pictured over Tbilisi, Georgia on March 28, 2021 Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Dust off those binoculars and keep your eyes on the skies, as the fourth full moon of 2021 is fast approaching.  As one of 12 full moons to admire every year, April's moon was dubbed the Pink Moon by Early Native Americans because pink wildflowers, appear in North America in early spring.  But when and how can you see it? Here we've compiled a complete gui...