Blue Moon: Global Stargazing Buzz as Rare Blue Moon Appears in May Skies (opens in new tab)

Skywatchers around the globe are looking up today, May 31, 2026, as the night sky plays host to a rare astronomical event: a \"Blue Moon\.\" While the moon won't literally turn blue, this phenomenon marks the second full moon in a single calendar month, a calendar rarity that happens only every few years\. As this particular full moon coincides with the moon's position near its furthest point from Earth, it is also being observed as a \"micromoon,\" appearing slightly smaller in the sky than ...