Tonight’s Pink Moon reaches its peak at 3:12am, hanging high over the UK in a soft orange-red glow rather than the bubblegum pink its name suggests. The nickname comes from moss phlox, a vivid wildflower that blooms now, and from Native American traditions that named each full moon after the changing year: Flower, Strawberry, Harvest, Hunter’s, Cold.

This particular full moon quietly carries enormous weight. It decides when Easter will fall, and with it bank holidays, family plans, and religious observances across the country. It also helps set the timing of Passover, tying modern life to ancient rhythms written into the sky. If clouds and rain blur the view tonight, the Pink Moon will still be there, unseen but in control, silently turning the calendar while most of us sleep through the moment it claims the year.