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The full moon of Easter has managed to shine on the Costa del Sol, as we can see in this series of spring photographs in Las Fotos de los Lectores de La Vanguardia captured in Mijas.
Not the strange that this April full moon looks so much. There is an explanation for why it looks so shiny. And it is that this full moon occurs at the closest moment between our natural satellite and planet Earth, so it appears larger.
The full moon in April is known as the Pink Moon or Pascual Moon, as it coincides with Easter. It is the first of spring, so it also marks the dates of Easter.
That it is the spring full moon is also a detail that reveals itself in these photographs with the shared prominence of the flowers.
The reference to the "pink moon" does not refer to its color, but rather comes from Native American tradition associating it with the flowering of a North American native plant, pink moss or Phlox subulata, which blooms in shades of pink in spring.
