The Flower Moon also is called the Corn Planting Moon and Milk Moon, Johnston said.
Scientist Noah Petro of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland told the Associated Press last month that it is important to stay safe while moon-gazing during the coronavirus pandemic.
“Use the full moon as an excuse to get out and start looking at the moon,” Petro said.
The term “supermoon,” coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979, refers to either a new or full moon that occurs within 90 percent of perigee, its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit, Johnston said.
For 2020, the four full moons from February to May meet this 90 percent threshold, with the full moons in March and April nearly tied in size and brightness. However, April’s Pink Moon was the closest and “most super” of the full supermoons this year.
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