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The final supermoon of the year will rise in the sky on Thursday.
The full moon in May is also known as the “flower moon,” which means the flowers that bloom during the month.
Other names include the hare moon, the corn planting moon, and the milk moon, according to the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
The celestial event is expected to be visible early in the morning, as well as after sunset as the moon rises in the southeast.
Greg Brown, astronomer at the Royal Observatory, told the Pennsylvania news agency: “Technically, the exact time of the full moon is 11.45am, however the moon will not be visible in the sky in the UK in that moment”.
But Earth’s natural satellite will continue to appear larger than usual on Thursday morning, when it sets around 5:42 a.m. in London, as well as Thursday night, when he gets up around 8.44 p.m.
He said: “The times for the rising and setting of the moon vary slightly across the UK, but not more than about 10 minutes or so.”
This full moon will also be a supermoon, which means it will be approximately 6% larger than a typical full moon and around 14% larger than a micromoon, which is when the moon is at its farthest point from Earth. .
Dr. Brown told PA: “The moon’s orbit around Earth is not completely circular, but a slightly flattened circle or ellipse.
As such, it is sometimes closer and sometimes farther from Earth.
“While definitions vary, a supermoon typically occurs when a full moon coincides with the moon being within the closest 10% of its orbit.”
Dr. Brown also said that this event would be the third and last supermoon of this year.
He told PA: “Because of how the dynamics of orbits work, this generally occurs in series of two or three with longer intervals of several months between each set of supermoons.”
The next supermoon will be visible in April 2021.
