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 4:45 am 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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