I hope you enjoyed the full moon on Friday night to kick off May. It’s considered by many cultures as the Flower Moon for obvious reasons. We’re not done with full moons this month, though, as there’ll be another on May 31.

Sky watchers will be getting a double lunar treat in May 2026, with two full moons set to glow in the night sky during the same calendar month. The so-called “flower moon” will be turning full on Friday,

May’s sky features not one but two full moons as well as the dazzling Eta Aquarids meteor shower. Here’s when to look up for the month’s most striking alignments.

In May 2026, there are two full moons and there's a super new moon. The second full moon is a blue moon, which only happens every 2 and a half to 3 years.

A once in a Blue Moon event will occur in the skies above Portland this week, and the weather conditions should be just about perfect.

NASA will not land astronauts on the moon before 2028. The agency confirmed in its latest Artemis architecture update that it has restructured Artemis III from a crewed lunar landing into a low-Earth-orbit demonstration mission,

The Full Flower Moon rises over Lake Superior from Brighton Beach on May 1. This month is rich in full moons, with the second full moon — called a Blue Moon — on the night of May 30-31.

Blue Origin's next mission toward the Moon is progressing, with the Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo lander being tested at Cape Canaveral.