Micro 'Pink' Moon: The smallest lunar beauty.
What is special about tonight's full moon?
> The 'full' moon might appear smaller in size and dimmer than you would expect.
> It is estimated that on a micro-moon night, the illuminated area around the moon appears as almost 30% smaller.
> A Micro-moon happens when there's a full Moon or a new Moon at the same time as the Moon's approach to its apogee – the point in its orbit farthest away from the Earth.
> The point closest to the Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from the Earth is known as apogee.
> When a full or new Moon is at apogee it's called a Micro-moon, Mini-moon or Apogee Moon (unofficial names). A full or new Moon at perigee is called a Supermoon.
> A Micromoon looks approximately 14% smaller and less brighter than a Supermoon, because it is further away.
> In reality, however, there is no difference in the actual size of the Moon whether it is a Supermoon, a Micromoon or an ordinary full Moon. It is how our sense of vision perceives the moon from the realms of Earth.
> When the Moon is at its apogee, lower gravitational pulls lead to low tides.
> Old folklore accounts suggest that Micromoons affect human mental health and bring on natural disasters, like earthquakes, but no scientific evidence supports any such correlation.
> A pink moon refers to the full moon that appears in April. This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring.
> In some cultures, the full moon appearing in the month of April is sometimes call the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Fish Moon.
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> Here is a YouTube streaming from the Micro Moon in April 2016.
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The Micro Moon Waltz
This night and in all the nights that follow,
I need you to radiate in perfection, that only one true reflection.
What you always thought to be hollow -
warm pieces of my heart, thinking aren't you overtly smart.
So, howl while glancing at the endearing night sky,
amidst the overflowing rays of love and fear,
and all that ever made you feel a little high,
with all that you dare not bare -
locked inside that lonesome multitude of wilderness,
painted behind the creases of your moonlit face.
And who shall you have to embrace,
as once again they beckon us, to embark the limitless
flight of the enchanted micro-moon light.
For this night and in all the nights that follow,
I need you to radiate in perfection, that only one true reflection!
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| The Micro 'Pink' Moon. |
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Micro-moon facts courtesy TimeAndDate.
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