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This weekend's full moon is called the 'pink moon.’ Why's it called that? Here’s when it will light up the night sky.

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The pink moon will peak on Saturday, April 12 , at 8:22 p.m. ET or at 00:22 Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ) on April 13 .

The first full moon that appears on or after the spring equinox is also known as the paschal moon and is used to determine the date of Easter .

Easter will instead fall on April 20 this year because it's the first Sunday after the full moon .

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