May's Flower 'Micromoon' Set To Rise This Friday

Here's where, when, and how to catch it.

In April, we saw a planet “parade” and the stunning Lyrid meteor shower.

And May’s holding its own on the astronomical front, too – it’s beginning with a “micromoon” in the form of its “flower” full moon.

Here’s why that’s happening and when to see it:

What is a “micromoon”?

The moon’s orbit around our planet isn’t a perfect circle, and the Earth isn’t in the........

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