Home News Rare pink supermoon lights up night sky

Rare pink supermoon lights up night sky

Image credit: Shutterstock

The first supermoon of 2021, known as the pink moon, will be viewable on Tuesday night (27 April), and it’s going to be 30 per cent brighter and 14 per cent larger than a normal moon.

It’ll be highest in the sky at 11:32 pm, but you may be able to catch it in its full glory at dusk, about 30 minutes after sunset.

Related: One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to grace our skies

Don’t be fooled, however. The pink moon isn’t named so for its colour, rather, it comes from a pink spring flower found in North America.

According to NASA, this super moon is the first of two supermoons for 2021. They occur when the moon is closest to Earth. If you miss this one, here’s another one just around the corner. The Flower Moon will be 158km closer to Earth than the pink supermoon and will occur May 26.

Read Next

Troubled waters: Australia's freshwater fish are facing extinction

How can we stop Australia's freshwater fish species from going extinct?

Mega fires mega study

A mega study involving over 100 scientists has uncovered some startling findings into how the megafires that tore through Australia’s forests in 2019-2020 impacted animals and plants.

Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi smell like death

Right now, people are lining up at the Geelong Botanic Gardens to see and smell the giant corpse flower, a rare plant that stinks like a dead body.