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🌕 TWO FULL MOONS IN ONE MONTH — MAY 2026 DELIVERS A RARE CELESTIAL DOUBLE📅 March 19, 2026May 2026 is one of only a handful of months this decade to host two full moons. The first rises May 1. The second closes the month on May 31. That second moon has a name earned by rarity.🌼 May 1 — The Flower MoonThe first full moon of May is called the Flower Moon, named by Algonquin tribes for the explosion of wildflowers blanket North America each spring.It rises at sunset and sets at sunrise, the only night of the month when the full lunar disc is visible all night long. No telescope needed — just an open sky.🔵 May 31 — The Blue MoonWhen two full moons occur within the same calendar month, the second takes the name Blue Moon. It happens roughly once every 2.5 years — the origin of the phrase "once in a blue moon."May 31 is also a Micromoon this year, with the Moon near apogee — its farthest point from Earth. It appears slightly smaller and dimmer than average, a subtle but real difference.Back-to-back full moons in a single month means the lunar cycle and the calendar briefly fall out of sync — a quiet reminder that the Moon follows its own rhythm, indifferent to our calendars.Fun fact: The next time May hosts two full moons is 2045. After the Blue Moon on May 31, the following full moon — June's Strawberry Moon — rises on June 30, giving summer 2026 a spectacular streak of back-to-back late-month full moons.Which one will you photograph — the Flower Moon on May 1 or the Blue Moon on May 31?#BlueMoon #FlowerMoon #FullMoon2026 #MayMoon #SkyAndEarth #LookUp