It’s officially springtime, and the first full moon of the season will arrive this weekend.
on Saturday, April 16 at 2:55 p.m. EDT, but fortunately for observant skywatchers and astronomers, the moon will appear full both Friday night and Saturday night.
The full moon has significance in other religions as well. For Hindus, the date corresponds with the celebration of the birth of Lord Hanuman called Hanuman Jayanti. For Buddhists, this moon commemorates the visit Buddha made to Sri Lanka to stop a war and is called Bak Poya. April’s full moon falls in the third month of the Chinese calendar and arrives near the middle of Ramadan, the holy month in which the Quran was revealed, on the Islamic calendar.The full moon occurs roughly every 29.
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