Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The full flower moon — the second full moon of spring in the ...

A special full moon will rise tonight over Mississippi. The May full moon is known as the Flower Moon, among other names, because spring is when plants start blooming and animals shake off the dregs ...

Why is May's full moon called flower moon? The Old Farmer's Almanac says that the 12 full moons each year are named by Native Americans, according to previous reporting by the Hendersonville ...

The next full Moon is on Saturday, May 12. That night, the Moon rises at about 9 p.m. EDT and reaches peak altitude just after midnight on the 13th. Here are the phases of the Moon for this lunar ...

The flower moon will rise on May 12 at 12:56 p.m. E.T. A radiant full moon known as the flower moon will light up the sky this May, reaching peak illumination on Monday, May 12, and drawing us closer ...