Skies were a little brighter than usual last night, lit up by the super pink moon.
People around the country set their alarms last night, waking up to look skyward in search of the super pink moon.
Super moons occur when a new or full moon lines up with perigee -otherwise known as the moon's closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. The moon doesn't orbit the Earth in a perfect circle, meaning that a few times a year the perigee coincides with the most dramatic phases of the year - resulting in a super moon.
The third super moon of the year, April's pink moon was also the biggest and brightest of 2020 so far.
Drawing inspiration from a wildflower that blooms over in the US in early spring, some might say that the pink moon is deceptively named.
While many of us were sound asleep in our
leabas, the dedicated few ventured outside, cameras in hand. And the resulting photos are stunning, have a look at some of our favourites below.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-spJHDHmp2/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-sUvDHgx26/
https://twitter.com/KieronOC/status/1247657773241905154
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-sUOcZhi4Q/
https://twitter.com/MayoNorth/status/1247658670613291014
https://twitter.com/IrPsych/status/1247750652022763524
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-si9vvHqyr/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-se1JVBDIf/
https://twitter.com/craigophoto/status/1247766642735497216
Not actually pink in colour, the moon instead gave off a reddish-orange tinge... though admittedly, some of the photos do look slightly pink.
https://twitter.com/BraonainO/status/1247643732624711681
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-sY8smBvFC/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-spZQWnJlk/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ts6DCAWEi/
https://twitter.com/NforcePics/status/1247625153007300611
We're regretting our decision to stay in bed after looking at those.
(Header image courtesy of
@jimrocks and
@richiejpphotography)
