Night Sky, March 25th, 2005

Once again it is time for a Full Moon update. Tonight's full moon is sometimes known as the Maple Sugar Moon, Sap Moon, and Worm Moon, among others. As always, you can read about the full moon names and their meanings at Space.com: Full Moon Names for 2005, NASA's page and Keith's Moon Page: Moon Names.

Here in southeastern Pennsylvania there is a rainbow ring around the moon tonight, as well as a slew of clouds rolling in to periodically obscure it. It's breathtaking.

And despite it being in the low 40's, I heard my first spring peepers of the season while I was moon watching. Spring is here! :^)