Stargazers will be treated to the first of two May full moons Friday night with the rise of the full “flower moon."

Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers, but what about the May Flower Moon? The Flower Moon will peak on Friday, May 1, at 1:23 p.m. ET, according to the Farmers' Almanac. While it'll peak in the afternoon on the East Coast,

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Astronomers say the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket that launched in early 2025 will strike the Moon later this summer, likely on the near side of the Moon. Bill Gray, who writes the widely used Project Pluto software to track near-Earth objects,

The moon was hundred percent illuminated at 1:23 p.m. EDT (1723 GMT) on May 1 as the lunar disk appeared opposite the sun in the sky.

As of Saturday, May 2, the Moon phase is Waning Gibbous. Tonight, 100% of the moon will be still be lit up, according to NASA's Daily Moon Guide.