Year 2019 full moon at the Advance Equinox

The sun zooms around the center of the galaxy (see arrow on the racetrack in image for the direction in 2015). The earth zooms around the sun counter-clockwise (see "You are here" icon on Earth's orbit, the blue circle). In March on the equinox, the earth is directly ahead of the sun on the sun's path for a moment of balance between night and day. This year, in 2019, the full moon was in the lineup, ahead of the sun, earth, and me.

Pink moon about to set over Gulf of Mexico

Full moon on equinox morning

Shadow cast by rising sun points to where moon just disappeared on the horizon

Equinox sunrise

At the edge of the inoutfall

Deer Lake inoutfall meandering west before opening to the sea

Looking north into Deer Lake State Park

One-footed Harry, a local great blue heron

Heron preening

Sky map for the equinox morning, when the photos of the moon were taken

Shortly after the equinox at 4:58 PM CDT, the sun and moon simultaneouslly set and rose, respectively about 6:50 PM CDT

Also, consider that moon at the Outer solstice in December was a full moon, too.

For more about naming the equinoxes and solstices, see Advance equinox 2013.

See Season page.

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