Named moons

Pink Moon

April. The moon is not pink, and never has been - the name comes from wild ground phlox, an early spring flower that is. It is the most searched and most misunderstood of the twelve.

When it falls

Every one from 2026 to 2035, with the instant it is exactly full.

DateMoonFull atAlso
April 2, 202602:15 UTC-
April 20, 202722:30 UTC-
April 9, 202810:28 UTC-
April 28, 202910:39 UTCsupermoon
April 18, 203003:21 UTCsupermoon
April 7, 203117:23 UTC-
April 25, 203215:11 UTCtotal eclipse
April 14, 203319:18 UTCtotal eclipse
April 3, 203419:21 UTCpenumbral eclipse
April 22, 203513:23 UTC-

Moons with names

Twelve month names, plus the three that get searched for hardest. One of them is a real colour and the rest are calendars.

Wolf MoonSnow MoonWorm MoonPink MoonFlower MoonStrawberry MoonBuck MoonSturgeon MoonCorn MoonHarvest MoonHunter's MoonBeaver MoonCold MoonBlue MoonBlood MoonSupermoon

The eight phases

New Moon

Centre of the band at 0 degrees

Waxing Crescent

Centre of the band at 45 degrees

First Quarter

Centre of the band at 90 degrees

Waxing Gibbous

Centre of the band at 135 degrees

Full Moon

Centre of the band at 180 degrees

Waning Gibbous

Centre of the band at 225 degrees

Last Quarter

Centre of the band at 270 degrees

Waning Crescent

Centre of the band at 315 degrees