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Our April Pink Full Moon will arise in Virgo
By Dan Hicks
Having begun with our March 29 New Moon, Lunation #1265 will, on the evening of April 12, graduate to rise as our April Pink Full Moon, named after the April-blooming showy pink phlox flower. Phlox (pronounced “flocks”) are a genus of North American herbs of the family Polemoniaceae, having red, purple, white, or variegated flowers (illustration: Merriam-Webster.com).
In the constellation Virgo (the maiden), our Pink Moon’s rising and setting times for Cranbrook are listed below; the moon will be near its lunar apogee and is thus 2025’s smallest full moon.
April 12 and 13 Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) Sources: Timesanddate.com & Heavens-above.com
April 12 – 18:22 Moon 100% illuminated.
12 – 20:40 Moonrise – astronomical – moon rises on our east-southeast horizon.
12 – 21:10 Moon ascends to four degrees on our east-southeast horizon, becoming visible on favourable horizons.
April 13 – 01:52 Moon due south at a maximum altitude of 27 degrees – disk diameter 29.4 minutes (half a degree).
13 – 06:20 Moon descends to 4 degrees on our west-southwest horizon.
13 – 06:52 Moonset – astronomical – moon sets on our west-southwest horizon.
13 – 16:49 Moon at apogee – furthest from Planet Earth at 406,295 kilometres away – 1.4 light-seconds.
2025-03-31 Sky & Telescope Kelly Beatty Sky Tour podcast — April 2025 (13 minutes)
2025-05-06 Tu 19:00 MDT Cranbrook Public Library (MTC). Jamie Levine reprises his must-see Cosmic Odyssey: From Stardust to Life presentation (preregistration requested).
Lead image: Young waxing crescent moon of Lunation #1265 sets above Cranbrook roof. March 30th, 2025. Dan Hicks photo
