The Moon is coming back.

Like April, May opens with a Full Moon as our satellite officially reaches this phase at 1:23 P.M. EDT. The month of May also carries 2026’s first — and only — Blue Moon, with a second Full Moon ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...

May 2026 will feature two full moons, with the second on May 31 qualifying as a rare Blue Moon and also the smallest full moon of the year. Occurring near lunar apogee, it will appear slightly smaller ...

May 2026 is a two-full-moon month, and the second one has a name: Blue Moon. NASA has confirmed that the full moon on May 31 qualifies as a Blue Moon because it is the second full moon to fall within ...

They rank among the darkest and coldest places in the solar system: Hundreds of lunar craters, many of them at the moon's ...

Here's when to see a pair of massive letters shining on the lunar surface around May's first quarter moon phase.

Scientists propose ultrastable lunar lasers inside permanently shadowed craters to enable GPS-like navigation and precision ...

Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve is a feast for the eyes. With barren lava fields and craters dotting the rugged landscape, it projects a certain lunar-like feel — so much so that it ...

A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact crater, which stretches more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) on the far side of ...

An exclusive, challenging hike at Meteor Crater is the closest thing to walking on the moon without going there. What hikes ...