The next full moon of 2026 will be the May flower full moon, set to rise in Scorpio, amid the Eta Aqauriids meteor shower and then give way to a rare second moon in the same month - the blue moon.

The first, nicknamed the Flower Moon, gets its name from the wildflowers that begin to bloom this time of year.

Astronomy Magazine has released the 2026 full moon calendar, providing dates, times, traditional names, and highlights of ...

Skywatchers are in for a treat this year: There will be 13 full moons in 2026 rather than a dozen. These include three supermoons, two micromoons, a blood moon (total lunar eclipse) and a blue moon.

We are going to get 13 Full Moons in 2026, one every 29.5 days and one each month with two in May known as a blue moon. A Full Moon happens when the whole of the Earth-facing side of the Moon is ...