Full Moon ~ Aries Birth in Celebration

• The March 2013 full moon will be out all night on March 26-27, shining in front of the constellation Virgo the Maiden. Virgo’s brightest star is called Spica, and you’ll see the moon even closer to Spica tomorrow night, March 27-28.

  
  
  

  The moon turns precisely full on March 27 at 9:27 Universal Time (4:27 a.m. CDT in the central U.S.). In North America, that means the moon reaches the crest of full phase in the wee hours before sunrise on March 27. But no matter where you live worldwide, watch for the brilliant lamp of the full moon to light up the nighttime from dusk till dawn. Look for the moon low in the east at dusk – at its highest point in the sky around midnight – and low in the west before the sun comes up tomorrow. http://earthsky.org/tonight/march-full-moon-shines-in-front-of-virgo-on-march-26

  
  

  First full moon of spring for Northern Hemisphere on March 26-27 | EarthSky.org

  
  

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  The March 2013 full moon will be out all night on March 26-27, shining in front of the constellation Virgo the Maiden.

  
  
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   "For the Northern Hemisphere, this is the first full moon of springtime. We in this hemisphere call it the Pink Moon, to celebrate the return of certain wild flowers. Other names are Egg Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, or Easter Moon. In most years, the Christian celebration of Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon of the Northern Hemisphere spring. So tonight’s Easter Moon heralds the coming of Easter Sunday on March 31, 2013."

  
  
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  Moon

  
  

  
  

  brilliant be the full moon light

  an indigo melody fills the night

  the depths of darkness graced they be

  by the light that calls to hearts and sea

  tides and souls in cresting splendor

  to this majesty of grace I surrender.

  
  
  

  Rose Marie Raccioppi

  Poet Laureate

  Orangetown, New York

  
  
  

  
  

  Photo: Full Moon ~ Aries: Collectible Clicks, ©Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2013.