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Post by yellowstone2014 on Apr 20, 2021 11:11:45 GMT -5
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Post by yellowstone2014 on Apr 27, 2021 6:17:16 GMT -5
Mike on Instagram (story)
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Post by geb on Apr 29, 2021 1:15:53 GMT -5
This was a supermoon known as a "Pink Moon". It is supposed to be about 7% bigger and 15% brighter than a typical full Moon.
In the 1930s the Maine Farmer's Almanac began publishing American Indian Moon names for the months of the year. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in April, this is the Pink Moon, named after the herb moss pink, also known as creeping phlox, moss phlox, or mountain phlox. The plant is native to the eastern United States and is one of the earliest widespread flowers of spring.
Other names for this Moon include the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes of North America, the Fish Moon, as this was when the shad swam upstream to spawn.
For Eastern Christianity (which bases its calculations on the Julian Calendar) this is the full Moon before Easter, called the Paschal Moon. This is one of the years where the different calendars used by Western and Eastern Christianity make a difference. Eastern Christianity will be celebrating Easter on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Western Christianity celebrated Easter on Sunday, April 4.
For Hindus, this is Hanuman Jayanti, the celebration of the birth of Lord Hanuman, celebrated in most areas on the full Moon day of the Hindu lunar month of Chaitra, which (in India's time zone) is Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
For Buddhists, especially in Sri Lanka, this full Moon corresponds with Bak Poya, commemorating when the Buddha visited Sri Lanka and settled a dispute between chiefs, avoiding a war.
This full Moon is the first of two supermoons for 2021. The term "supermoon" was coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and refers to either a new or full Moon that occurs when the Moon is within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth. Since we cannot see a new Moon (except when it passes in front of the Sun), the full supermoons, are the biggest and brightest full Moons for the year.
These two full Moons are virtually tied, with the full Moon on May 26, 2021, slightly closer to the Earth than the full Moon on April 26, 2021, but only by about 98 miles (157 kilometers), or about 0.04% of the distance from the Earth to the Moon at perigee.
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 1, 2021 1:50:54 GMT -5
It seems, that Mike is still in the house.
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 5, 2021 15:47:50 GMT -5
Juliet on Instagram story
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 6, 2021 0:43:24 GMT -5
Juliet via Instagram story
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 7, 2021 0:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 7, 2021 2:18:44 GMT -5
Christina Turino via Instagram story
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Post by ursus on May 7, 2021 2:55:12 GMT -5
So that is it. They have turned Jackie into a frog, and they now need a prince to kiss it!
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Post by yellowstone2014 on May 7, 2021 4:09:54 GMT -5
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Post by oatmealforme on May 7, 2021 11:40:03 GMT -5
It's ribbiting!
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2021 12:37:21 GMT -5
I wonder which one is Jackie.
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Post by oatmealforme on May 7, 2021 14:24:53 GMT -5
The one with the sweetest voice, of course, but then someone will have to kiss her to turn her back into a princess. It is ineluctable.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2021 15:08:19 GMT -5
The one with the sweetest voice, of course, but then someone will have to kiss her to turn her back into a princess. It is ineluctable. I'm not gonna lie, I had to Google search the definition of ineluctable. I've been around a while and have never heard that word used. lol
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Post by rlhamil on May 8, 2021 21:03:28 GMT -5
So that is it. They have turned Jackie into a frog, and they now need a prince to kiss it! There should be more than enough of us left to provide a selection of volunteers. :-)
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