The Flower Moon is full on 20 May. Watch it rise in the east as the sun goes down.
It rises full on the evening of 19 May in most of the Americas, and of 20 May in Africa, Asia and most of Europe and Oceania. The Flower Moon is May’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. It is 393,901 km away.
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The Americas
Atlanta19 May · rises 8:15 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Austin19 May · rises 8:01 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
Bogotá20 May · rises 6:24 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM
Boston19 May · rises 7:46 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Buenos Aires20 May · rises 5:49 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 AM
Chicago19 May · rises 7:54 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
Dallas19 May · rises 8:04 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
Denver19 May · rises 7:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:58 AM on 20 May
Houston19 May · rises 7:50 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
Las Vegas19 May · rises 7:30 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Lima20 May · rises 6:02 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM
Los Angeles19 May · rises 7:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Mexico City19 May · rises 6:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:58 AM on 20 May
Miami19 May · rises 7:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Minneapolis19 May · rises 8:29 PM in the south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
Montréal19 May · rises 8:09 PM in the south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Nashville19 May · rises 7:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
New Orleans19 May · rises 7:28 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 AM on 20 May
New York19 May · rises 7:52 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Philadelphia19 May · rises 7:55 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Phoenix19 May · rises 7:09 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Portland19 May · rises 8:35 PM in the south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Rio de Janeiro20 May · rises 5:18 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 AM
Salt Lake City19 May · rises 8:31 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:58 AM on 20 May
San Diego19 May · rises 7:28 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
San Francisco19 May · rises 8:05 PM in the east-south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Santiago20 May · rises 5:43 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM
São Paulo20 May · rises 5:30 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 AM
Seattle19 May · rises 8:43 PM in the south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Toronto19 May · rises 8:25 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Vancouver19 May · rises 8:54 PM in the south-east · full at 3:58 AM on 20 May
Washington, DC19 May · rises 7:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 AM on 20 May
Europe
Amsterdam20 May · rises 10:27 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Athens20 May · rises 8:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Barcelona20 May · rises 9:42 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Berlin20 May · rises 9:52 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Brussels20 May · rises 10:19 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Copenhagen20 May · rises 10:20 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Dublin20 May · rises 10:21 PM in the south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Edinburgh20 May · rises 10:29 PM in the south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Hamburg20 May · rises 10:14 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Helsinki20 May · rises 11:20 PM in the south-south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Istanbul20 May · rises 8:48 PM in the south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Lisbon20 May · rises 9:19 PM in the east-south-east · full at 11:58 AM
London20 May · rises 9:42 PM in the south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Madrid20 May · rises 10:02 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Milan20 May · rises 9:30 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Moscow20 May · rises 9:36 PM in the south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Munich20 May · rises 9:33 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Nice20 May · rises 9:30 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Oslo20 May · rises 11:16 PM in the south-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Paris20 May · rises 10:16 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Porto20 May · rises 9:26 PM in the south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Prague20 May · rises 9:32 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Reykjavík19 May · rises 11:08 PM in the south-south-east · full at 10:58 AM on 20 May
Rome20 May · rises 9:00 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Stockholm20 May · rises 10:37 PM in the south-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Venice20 May · rises 9:16 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Vienna20 May · rises 9:13 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Warsaw20 May · rises 9:18 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Zürich20 May · rises 9:42 PM in the south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Africa
Cairo20 May · rises 8:03 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Cape Town20 May · rises 5:34 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:58 PM
Lagos20 May · rises 7:06 PM in the east-south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Marrakesh20 May · rises 8:51 PM in the east-south-east · full at 11:58 AM
Nairobi20 May · rises 6:32 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Asia
Bali20 May · rises 5:53 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Bangkok20 May · rises 6:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 5:58 PM
Beijing20 May · rises 7:39 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Bengaluru20 May · rises 6:41 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Delhi20 May · rises 7:18 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Hong Kong20 May · rises 6:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Kyoto20 May · rises 7:02 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 PM
Mumbai20 May · rises 7:13 PM in the east-south-east · full at 4:28 PM
Osaka20 May · rises 7:02 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 PM
Seoul20 May · rises 7:47 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 PM
Shanghai20 May · rises 6:51 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Singapore20 May · rises 6:59 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Taipei20 May · rises 6:34 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Tel Aviv20 May · rises 7:54 PM in the east-south-east · full at 1:58 PM
Tokyo20 May · rises 6:48 PM in the east-south-east · full at 7:58 PM
Oceania
Auckland20 May · rises 4:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:58 PM
Brisbane20 May · rises 4:37 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:58 PM
Honolulu19 May · rises 6:51 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:58 AM on 20 May
Melbourne20 May · rises 4:41 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:58 PM
Perth20 May · rises 4:58 PM in the east-south-east · full at 6:58 PM
Sydney20 May · rises 4:27 PM in the east-south-east · full at 8:58 PM
How it is worked out
The nameThe Flower Moon is May’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. The names here follow the calendar in UTC, so near a month’s end a full moon can carry the next month’s name in the Americas.
FullFull is the instant the moon stands opposite the sun, worked out from Meeus’s lunar theory to the minute.
The evening it rises fullOf the moonrises on the day it is full and the days either side, the one nearest that instant: the moon’s upper edge clearing a level horizon, as on the moon pages.
A supermoonA full moon nearer than 363,000 km, the almanacs’ rule.
The other full moons
The Hunter's Moon26 October 2026 The Beaver Moon24 November 2026 The Cold Moon24 December 2026 The Wolf Moon22 January 2027 The Snow Moon20 February 2027 The Worm Moon22 March 2027 The Pink Moon20 April 2027 The Strawberry Moon19 June 2027 The Buck Moon18 July 2027 The Sturgeon Moon17 August 2027 The Harvest Moon15 September 2027 The Corn Moon3 September 2028Make time for the light.
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