This month’s full moon will be what’s called a “super moon”—a full moon appearing its largest, at its closest to the Earth—the first of just a handful in 2022, which on May 15–16 will coincide with another celestial event: a total lunar eclipse.
One of four super moons this year, May’s has been dubbed the “Flower Moon,” its seasonal significance being spring and the blooming of flowers. Super moons happen when our lunar sphere reaches its shortest distance from the Earth along its elliptical orbit—a position called its “perigee.”
