Full Moon (Sprouting Grass)

The Maine Farmers' Almanac began publishing "Indian" names for full Moons in the 1930s and these names are now widely known and used. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in April is the Pink Moon, named after the herb moss pink (AKA creeping phlox, moss phlox, or mountain...

Lyrids Meteor Shower

Watch for the show on the evening of April 21 before the crescent moon rises. The Lyrid meteor shower ? April?s shooting stars ? lasts from about April 15 to 29. About 10 to 15 meteors per hour can be expected around the shower?s peak, in a dark sky. The...