The Earth in pandemic might not have time for moon gazing, but where there are clear skies it will be hard to miss. The largest supermoon of the year happens tonight with the full moon of April, the Pink Moon, arriving at its closest point to Earth; a distance of 221,772 miles.
What timing! Besides its brilliant appearance, the supermoon will result in a dramatically large range of high and low tides.Seems appropriate in this peak of COVID-19.
But in contrast, later this year, actually on Halloween, full moon will closely coincide with apogee, its farthest point from the earth. On that night the moon will appear 13.8 percent smaller than it will this week. Some refer to that as a 'micromoon' or a 'minimoon.' I just like to think of it, wishfully as Earth reasserting itself, with pandemic a faded thing.