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                                 2020 May 9

                            Full Flower Moonrise
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Tiziano Boldrini

   Explanation: Rising as the Sun set, the Moon was bright and full in
   planet Earth skies on May 7 and known to some as a Flower Moon. Near
   the horizon it does seem to take on rose pink hues of reddened sunlight
   in this reflective twilight scene. In fact one of the brighter Full
   Moons of the year, this month's full lunar phase occurred within about
   32 hours of perigee. That's the closest point in the Moon's elliptical
   orbit. Flooded field and ruined church tower are near the municipality
   of Casaleggio Novara, Piedmont Region of northern Italy.

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