{"id":17744,"date":"2020-04-08T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-pink-supermoon-rises-over-seattle\/"},"modified":"2020-04-08T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:53:08","slug":"photos-pink-supermoon-rises-over-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-pink-supermoon-rises-over-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: \u2018Pink supermoon\u2019 rises over Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_557416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557416\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-557416 size-full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_32.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-557416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Supermoon rises over Seattle\u2019s Lake Union on April 7, 2020. (GeekWire Photo \/ Kevin Lisota)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Are you seeking something to do in these trying times with social distancing and travel restrictions? May I suggest some moon viewing of April\u2019s \u201cpink supermoon\u201d this evening from your backyard or neighborhood?<\/p>\n<p>While the official full moon occurred Tuesday night on April 7, the moon will still be 98% full Wednesday evening with likely mostly clear skies here in Seattle. It will rise almost due east, just slightly to the south. If you want to triangulate exactly where it will rise, apps like the Photographer\u2019s Ephemeris or Photo Pills can help.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_557415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557415\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-557415 size-full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit-630x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit-1260x840.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200407_Moon_28-Edit.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-557415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Supermoon rises under Seattle\u2019s Aurora Bridge on April 7, 2020. (GeekWire Photo \/ Kevin Lisota)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>April\u2019s full moon is known as the \u201cpink moon,\u201d and despite some photographer\u2019s creative interpretations to the contrary, its color is not actually pink. According to the Farmer\u2019s Almanac, it is named after the pink flowering wild ground phlox, one of earliest flowers of the spring.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s full moon will be the biggest and brightest of 2020, as it coincides with the lunar perigee where the moon\u2019s orbit most closely approaches Earth. According to EarthSky, the diameter of the moon is about 7% larger than an average full moon, which isn\u2019t particularly noticeable. However, the closer approach to Earth can be 15%-to-30% brighter than other full moons throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Happy moon viewing and enjoy some other pictures from local photographers last night.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-tL82BAEIH\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=987&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com&amp;rp=%2F2020%2Fphotos-pink-supermoon-rises-seattle%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A760.9250000678003%7D\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"805\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" id=\"instagram-embed-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-tHBDyHAst\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=987&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com&amp;rp=%2F2020%2Fphotos-pink-supermoon-rises-seattle%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A763.0500001832843%7D\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"733\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B-uYtC7lqYJ\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pink Supermoon rises over Seattle\u2019s Lake Union on April 7, 2020. (GeekWire Photo \/ Kevin Lisota) Are you seeking something to do in these trying times with social distancing and travel restrictions? May I suggest some moon viewing of April\u2019s \u201cpink supermoon\u201d this evening from your backyard or neighborhood? While the official full moon occurred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[625,21,4840],"class_list":["post-17744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-moon","tag-space","tag-supermoon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}