Super pink moon 2020: 10 stunning photos of April’s full moon
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By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Sky gazers got a special treat early Sunday as the “pink moon” – April’s full moon – glowed overhead. It was also a “supermoon,” meaning it looked larger than a typical full moon, according to Space.com.
Super pink moon The Angel Moroni statue is shown atop the Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the super pink moon rises, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Super pink moon The super pink moon is seen over Eagle Rock Reservation Park in New Jersey on April 7, 2020. (Islam Dogru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image)
Super pink moon The super pink moon is seen over Eagle Rock Reservation Park in New Jersey on April 7, 2020. (Islam Dogru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Super pink moon A pink supermoon is seen over the Kelpies sculpture in Falkirk, Scotland. (Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)
Super pink moon The super pink moon, the biggest supermoon of the year, rises over (from left) Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, the under construction Allegiant Stadium and McCarran International Airport on April 7, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Super pink moon The rising full moon is pictured behind a forest on April 7, 2020, in Hammerstadt, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)
Super pink moon The supermoon rises over the Santa Maria della Salute church during the lockdown of the city on April 7, 2020, in Venice, Italy. (Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images)
Super pink moon The moon rises as a so-called supermoon next to the typical double-M of the Leipzig Fair next to the conservatory tower in Leipzig, Germany. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Super pink moon The super pink moon is seen over New York City on April 7, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Super pink moon The supermoon rise behind an illuminated cross from a Christian Orthodox church in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Super pink moon The super moon rises in the sky in front of a fountain a Lake Eola on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Super pink moon The so-called pink supermoon rises above the Highway 509 bridge over the Thea Foss Waterway, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Super pink moon The super pink moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City lit to honor COVID-19 health care workers on April 7, 2020, as seen from Union City, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Social media users are sharing their photos with the hashtags #pinkmoon and #supermoon. Here are some of our favorites:
Super pink moon The super pink moon is seen over Eagle Rock Reservation Park in New Jersey on April 7, 2020. (Islam Dogru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image)