The first full moon of May, known as the "Flower Moon", occurred on 01 May. This year there was a second full moon in May. It happened at 2:45 am MDT on 31 May (today), and could be seen rising on the evening of 30 May (last night). The second full moon of the month is known (by one definition) as a "Blue Moon". The Moon reaches apogee (farthest from Earth) about 18 hours later, so this full moon is also called a "Micro Moon".
These images were obtained with a Sightron infini D50 refractor on 30 May. Official moonrise was 8:20 pm MDT, but the low arc traced by the Moon means that it didn't begin to peek through the trees above Snowshoe Mountain until about 1 hour 50 minutes later.
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