See the best photos of May 2025's full Flower Moon as it rose over landmarks and landscapes worldwide in a dazzling lunar display.

May’s full Flower Moon peaks May 12 and will look smaller than usual. Here’s when to look up and what makes this one a “micromoon.”

And as the clouds seemed to drift to the east ... and farther from it. On Sunday morning the moon was listed as about 252,000 miles away. It can come about 25,000 miles closer.

The moon will be in its waning crescent phase ... the coming days as we get a better handle on the projected cloud cover Friday morning.

People in Washington will be able to step outside to catch the monthly full moon, which first appeared bright on Mother's Day and will remain visible for the next two nights. May's full moon, more commonly known as the flower moon, should be a welcome sight for stargazers who were most recently treated to back-to-back meteor showers.