The first full Moon of northern Spring is putting on a beautiful show. Mohamad Soltanolkottabi sends this picture from Esfahan, Iran, where the lunar disk was bisected last night by the spire of the Sheikh Lutfullah mosque:

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© Mohamad Soltanolkottabi
According to folklore, this is the "Worm Moon." It signals the coming of northern spring, a thawing of the soil, and the first stirrings of earthworms in long-dormant gardens. "The 'Worm Moon' is much prettier than it sounds," says Soltanolkottabi.

Step outside tonight and see for yourself!

More images: from Gordon Garcia of Bartlett, Ilinois; from Daisuke Tomiyasu of Ashiya, Hyogo, Japan; from Tamás Ábrahám of Zsámbék, Hungary; from Mark Seibold of Portland, Oregon; from Mark Staples of Little Lake Santa Fe, Florida; from Steve Engleman of Richardson, Texas; from Tavi Greiner of coastal North Carolina; from Marko Posavec of Koprivnica, Croatia