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Almost Full Moon Tuesday, May 5th, 2020 at 7:14 PM
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The following description by Gordon Johnston is from NASA:
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1220/the-next-full-moon-is-a-su...

The Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon, the Vesak Festival Moon, and a supermoon.

The next full Moon will be on Thursday morning, May 7, 2020, appearing opposite the Sun (in Earth-based longitude) at 6:45 a.m. EDT. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Tuesday evening through Friday morning.

The Maine Farmer's Almanac first published "Indian" names for the Full Moons in the 1930s. According to this almanac, as the full Moon in May and the second full Moon of spring, the Algonquin tribes of what is now the northeastern United States called this the Flower Moon, for the flowers that are abundant this time of year. Other names include the Corn Planting Moon and the Milk Moon.

This full Moon corresponds to Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima, a holiday observed by Buddhists across Asia. Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday," it commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. The actual date of Vesak varies depending upon the calendar in use in the particular country or region, but this year for most areas it falls on or near the day of this full Moon.

This is the last in a series of four supermoons. The term "supermoon" was coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and refers to either a new or full Moon that occurs within 90% of perigee, its closest approach to Earth in a given orbit. Under this definition, in a typical year there can be three or four full supermoons in a row and three or four new supermoons in a row. For 2020, the four full Moons from February through May meet this 90% threshold.

In most lunisolar calendars, the months change just after the new Moon, and full Moons fall in the middle of the lunar months. This full Moon is the middle of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar. Since 12 lunar cycles are about 11 days shorter than a solar year, lunisolar calendars add an extra month every few years to keep in sync with the seasons. This full Moon is the middle of the first of two "fourth" months of the Chinese calendar. In the Islamic calendar the months start with the first sighting of the waxing crescent Moon a few days after the New Moon. This full Moon is near the middle of the holy month of Ramadan, the month in which the Quran was revealed. Observing this annual month of charitable acts, prayer and fasting from dawn to sunset is one of the five pillars of Islam.

As usual, the wearing of suitably celebratory celestial attire is encouraged in honor of the full Moon.

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Taken on: May 5, 2020

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