Pink Moon: NHS News Early April’s calendar noted a “Pink Moon.” The unusual name first came to the public in the 1930s when the Maine Farmer’s Almanac published the Native American names of the moon for each month.
Although the color of the moon isn’t pink, April’s full moon corresponds with the early springtime blooms of an herbaceous wildflower,
Phlox subulata—commonly called creeping phlox or moss phlox—also known as “moss pink.” Other names for this full moon are “Budding Moon of Plants and Shrubs” and the “Moon of the Red Grass Appearing” referencing the bloom of plant life. With our temperatures vacillating and lack of April showers, pink phlox was slow to bloom.
But my spring fever with nature is here and I know everything will be in full beauty soon connecting us with the elements of the natural world. I am anxious to see the tulips, daffodils and crocus blooming soon with the help of the supernatural delight of the “pink moon!”
- Co-President, Janet Lindsteadt