The Next Full Moon is the Super Flower Blood Moon and an Eclipse
Next is full moon flower, corn planting, or milk moon, Vesak or Buddha full moon, lunar eclipse and supermoon.
The next full moon will take place on Wednesday morning, May 26, 2021, opposite the Sun in Earth-based longitude at 7:14 am EDT. The moon will appear full around this time for about three days, from Monday night to Thursday morning.
While this time will be on Wednesday for most of the Earth, it will be before midnight on Tuesday morning for Baker Island and the Pacific Ocean in the time zone just west of the international date line. On the other side of the international date line, for the Pacific Ocean and islands that fall under Phoenix Island Time, West Samoa Time and Line Island Time, it will be after midnight on Thursday morning.
The Moon will be so close to the Sun that it will pass through the northern part of the Earth's shadow for a full lunar eclipse. From the Washington, DC area, we will see barely detectable beginnings of the eclipse only when the moon sets.
The sky will be more visible throughout the Americas, the Pacific Ocean, and Australia, from the eastern part of Asia to the vicinity of the moonrise. For the Washington, DC area, the morning twilight will begin at 4:38 am EDT. The moon will start moving in full shadow of the earth at 5:45 am, sunrise at 5:47 am, and the moon will set at 5:51 am, with only a thin layer to the left of the moon darkened by the full shadow of the earth.
For a strip running through parts of the US, if you are lucky enough to have clear skies and a clear view of the horizon for both the rising sun and the setting moon, you can get a real sense of your place in this alignment . You can see the sunrise, then turn 180 degrees and see that as the moon sets, the curved shadow of the round earth starts falling on the side of the moon.
One Moon, Many Names
In the 1930s, the Main Farmer's almanac began publishing the names of the American Indian moons for each full moon of the year. According to this almanac, which the Algonquin tribes of what is now the northeastern United States call it a flower moon for abundant flowers at this time of year. Other names include Corn Planting Moon and Milk Moon.
This full moon corresponds to Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima and other regional names. Vesak is a Buddhist holiday that reminds of the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha. The actual date of Vesak varies depending on the lunar calendar used in the particular country or region, but for most regions this year it falls on or near this full moon day.
This full moon is a supermoon and is the closest full moon of the year, slightly closer than the former full moon on April 26, but only 0.04% of the moon's distance from Earth.
Poornima, Amavasya and Calendar
In many traditional lunar-solar calendars, the full moon falls in the middle of the lunar months. This full moon is in the middle of the fourth month of the Chinese calendar and the suture in the Hebrew calendar. In the Islamic calendar, the months begin with the first sighting of the waxing crescent moon immediately after the Amavasya. This full moon is in the middle of Shawwal.
As always, wearing appropriate festive celestial attire on the full moon day is encouraged.
Major Upcoming Astronomical Events
Summer Solstice
As spring ends and summer begins, the diurnal period of sunlight reaches its longest at the solstice, then begins to shorten again. On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 (full moon day), it will begin at dusk in the morning from 6:38 am EDT, sunrise at 5:30 AM, sun will be at 05:05 AM. When the sun reaches a maximum altitude of 72.37 degrees, the sunset will be at 8:23 pm, and will end at 9:33 pm in the evening. The first sunrise of the year will be on Sunday, June 13 at 5:42:11 am, beginning at 4:30 in the evening.
The summer solstice will take place on Sunday night, June 20 at 11:32. June 20 will be the day with the longest duration of sunlight, 14 hours, 53 minutes and 41.6 seconds. On the day of Sankranti, it will be 4:30 in the morning, sunrise at 5:43 in the morning, the sun will be at 1:09:45 in the afternoon. When the sun reaches its maximum altitude of 74.56 degrees (the highest for the year), the sunset will be at 8:37 pm, and the evening twilight will end at 9:49 pm. On Thursday, June 24, (next to full moon day), dusk will start at 4:31 am, sunrise will be at 5:44 am, sun will be at 1:10:37 pm. When the sun reaches a maximum elevation of 7.51 degrees, the sunset will be at 6:37 pm, and the twilight of the evening will end at 9:30 pm.
Solar Eclipse
A solar eclipse will occur in the middle of this lunar cycle. On Thursday morning, June 10, 2021, the silhouette of the Moon will block a portion of the Sun. For northeastern North America (including the Washington, DC region), northern Europe, and parts of North Asia, this moonlight will cause a partial eclipse of the Sun. From the Washington, DC area, the Moon will block about 80% of the Sun's left side as the Sun rises east-northeast at 5:42 am EDT, causing the Sun to appear as a crescent. As the sun and moon rise together, the silhouette of the moon will gradually shift from the sun to the bottom left, causing the greater part of the sun to appear until the eclipse ends at about 6:29 p.m. The sun will appear about 7 degrees above the horizon in the east-northeast.
Please do not try to look directly at the sun to see this partial eclipse, you can damage your eyes! A safe way to see a solar eclipse is to take two sheets of white paper, pierce one, and allow sunlight to pass through the hole to create an image of the sun on another sheet of paper. The larger the hole, the brighter the image but the less focused. When the Moon is blocking the part of the Sun that makes the Sun appear crescent, then anything with small holes in it will cast a crescent-shaped shadow. Typically the dapples cast by a tree will appear as dapples in the inner circle, but during the eclipse, these dapples may appear as crescent.
Unlike other planets in our solar system, when we look at our moon from the Earth, it appears to be roughly the size of the Sun. When the Moon is near the Earth and passes directly in front of the Sun, it completely blocks the Sun, which is called a full Solar Eclipse. The only time to see a solar eclipse directly is safe for short periods when the Moon is completely blocking the Sun. When the Moon is away from the Earth and passes directly in front of the Sun, it does not completely block the Sun. As the moon and sun line up, the sun appears as a ring of fire around the silhouette of the moon, called an annular solar eclipse. Since this eclipse occurs less than 3 days after the Moon's orbit is farthest from the Earth, for a region running from part of Canada, to the northwestern part of Greenland, to the North Pole and part of Siberia , It will be one of these annular solar eclipses.
Summary of evening sky events
Wednesday evening, May 26, 2021 - Full moon day - As the twilight of the evening ends at 9:33 pm. EDT, the brightest planet will be Venus, which is visible only 1 degree above the horizon in the west-northwest. On the left above the Venus will be the planet Mercury, which will appear 3 degrees above the horizon. Mars, slightly brighter than Mercury, will appear 23 degrees above the west-northwest horizon. The constellation Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper, will appear approximately upwards to the north.
None of the 20 brightest stars will appear close to overhead. The highest bright star will be Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in our night sky, which will appear 62 degrees above the southeastern horizon. Arcturus is about 37 light years away from Earth and has the same mass as our Sun, but is older. Arcturus has used its original hydrogen and has become a red giant, swollen about 25 times its previous size and shining about 170 times faster than the Sun. Our Sun has passed about half of this life cycle and is expected to become a red giant in about 5 billion years.
As the lunar cycle progresses, the backdrop of Mars and stars will appear to shift westward (though it is actually the Earth that is rotating eastward around the Sun). Mars will appear to move more slowly than the stars (since Mars is moving in the same direction as we are). Low on the horizon in the west-northwest, the planet Mercury will also be seen slowly shifting towards the horizon each night, while the bright planet Venus (appearing as the evening star) will appear to be moving in the opposite direction. , Which will appear to be moving upwards. Horizon.
Mercury and Venus will appear closest to each other on the evening of May 26, 2021, which, after about 6 minutes, will appear less than half a degree in the evening twilight and only 1 degree above the horizon.
May 29 will be the last evening when Mercury appears above the horizon at dusk, although Mercury will continue to appear on the west-northwest horizon for the next 5 or 6 evenings about 30 minutes after sunset. 4 June).
With the end of May and the beginning of June, Mars will appear to pass near the bright star Pollux, with the couple appearing to be closest (slightly above 5 degrees) on the evening of 31 May.
On the evening of June 11, the slender, waxing crescent moon will appear on the west-northwest horizon near the luminous planet Venus, approximately 12 minutes after dusk ends. The next evening (June 12), the crescent moon will move to appear near Polux, the bright star, and the evening after that (June 13) near Mars.
On the evening of 15 June, the bright star Regulus Waxing Crescent will appear in the lower left part of the Moon. On the evening of June 19, the bright star will appear under the spica waxing gibbous moon. A planet as bright as the Evening Star, Venus will appear in the latter part of June, passing through the bright star Pollux, which will appear closest to (slightly above 5 degrees) on the evening of 21 June. On the evening of 22 June, the bright star Antares will appear under the waxing gibbous moon.
By Thursday evening, June 26, 2021, (next to full moon day), as the twilight of the evening ends (9:30 AM EDT), the brightest planet will be Venus, the Evening Star at 4 degrees west-north- Above the horizon in the west. There will be Mars on the top left of Venus, which will appear 10 degrees above the horizon. The bright star closest to the overhead will still be Arcturus 68 degrees above the horizon in the south-southwest.
Morning Sky Events Summary
On the morning of May 26, 2021, (full moon day), as the dusk begins at 4:30 AM EDT, the bright planet Jupiter will appear 29 degrees above the southeastern horizon and the weaker planet Saturn will be in the south. 31 degrees southeast from the southeast horizon. The two stars of "Summer Triangle," Deneb and Vega, will appear close to overhead. The Deneb closest to the overhead will be approximately 78 degrees above the northeastern horizon. Deneb is about 2,600 light years away from Earth and is the 19th brightest star in our night sky. A close second with Vega just below the western horizon at 77 degrees. Vega is about 25 light years away from Earth and is the 5th brightest star in our night sky.
As the lunar cycle progresses, the backdrop of stars and planets will be seen slipping westward each morning. On the morning of May 30, 2021, Jupiter, Saturn and the receding moon will be seen forming a line from Jupiter in the southeast to the moon in the south.
By the morning of May 31, the receding moon would have shifted south-southeast to appear to the lower left of Saturn. By the morning of 1 June, the moon will have moved southeast to appear under Jupiter.
By the morning of June 2, the receding half-moon will be moved to a rough line with Jupiter and Saturn, from the moon in the southeast to Saturn in the south-southeast. From the morning of 20 June, the planet Mercury begins to appear above the horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise (an estimate of when it may begin to appear in the glow of dawn). By 1 July, Mercury will not begin to appear above the horizon at dusk.
By the morning of June 26, 2021, (the day after the next full moon), as the early morning twilight begins at 6:31 EDT, the bright planet Jupiter is 39 degrees above the southeastern horizon and the weak planet Saturn with 33 degrees Will give. Above the southern horizon. The bright star that appears closest to the overhead will still be Deneb from the Summer Triangle, which will appear approximately 78 degrees above the northwest horizon. Mercury may not have risen yet, but will rise east-north-east about 23 minutes later at 4:54 am and may be visible for about 20 minutes before being covered by the glow of dawn.
Daily guide
Here is a more detailed, day-to-day list of astronomical events between now and the next full moon. The Times are based at the location of NASA headquarters in Washington, DC.
Although they are not usually visible, I include information about Near Earth objects (mostly asteroids) in these moon missiles that can cross the Earth within 5 lunar distances, because I found it interesting that we Have searched many. In late May or early June 2021 (2021-May-25 09:26 UTC with 7 days, 17 hours, 11 minutes of uncertainty), Near-Earth Object (2013 VO11), 19 to 43 feet (6 and 13 m. ) in between. , Will pass through the Earth between 3.1 and 43.6 lunar distances (nominal 3.4), travel at a speed of 22,400 mph (10.14 kilometers per second).
May 25
Tuesday night, May 25, 2021, at 9:51 pm. EDT, the Moon will be on the perigee, closest to Earth for this orbit.
26 May
The next full moon will be on Wednesday May 26, 2021 at 7:14 am EDT. There will be a full eclipse of the moon, but Washington, D.C. In the region, only the barely detectable start of the eclipse will be seen as soon as the moon sets. Places on the west side will provide better views. The moon will appear full around this time for about 3 days, from Monday evening to Thursday morning.
Wednesday 10:25 am EDT (2021-May-26 14:25 UTC with an uncertainty of 2 minutes), Near-Earth Object (2021 JG1), between 96 and 214 feet (29 and 65 meters), through Earth Traveling at a lunar distance of 2.2,500 mph (9.14 kilometers per second) will pass.
Wednesday evening at around nine o'clock. EDT (2021-May-27 00:59 UTC with an uncertainty of 51 minutes), Near-Earth Object (2021 KP), between 55 to 123 feet (17 and 38 meters), traveling at 1.6 lunar distance of 25,000 Will pass through the earth at miles per hour (11.17 kilometers per second).
28 May
On Friday evening, May 26, 2019, the planets Mercury and Venus will appear closest to each other, less than half a degree away and only 1 degree above the horizon, ending at 7:30 pm at dusk. . EDT, setting approximately 9 minutes later.
29 May
Saturday evening, May 29, 2021, will be the last evening when Mercury appears above the horizon at dusk. Mercury should continue to appear until about 4 minutes after sunset subsides on the west – northwest horizon until about 4 June.
Occasionally Saturday night or Sunday morning, May 29 or 30, 2021 (2021-May-30 05:14 UTC 11 hours, 37 minutes with uncertainty), Near-Earth Object (2021 KM1), 46 to 102 feet (Meters between 14 and 31)), will cross the Earth at a speed of 8,200 mph (8.11 kilometers per second) between 4.4 and 4.9 lunar distances (nominal 4.6).
30 May
On Sunday morning, May 30, 2021, Jupiter and Saturn and the receding moon will appear to form a line from Jupiter on the left in the southeast to the moon on the right in the south.
31 May
On Monday morning, May 31, 2021, the receding gibbous moon would have moved south-southeast to appear to the lower left of the planet Saturn.
On Monday evening, Mars and the bright star Pollux will appear at their nearest (a little over 5 degrees). The pair will appear near each other as late as May and early June.
1 June
On Tuesday morning, June 1, 2021, the receding gibbous moon would have moved southeast to appear beneath the luminous planet Jupiter.
Around June 1, 2021 (2021-June-01 17:05 UTC 19 hours, 12 minutes with uncertainty), Near-Earth Object (2018 lb), between 55 and 123 feet (17 and 38 m), crossed. The Earth is traveling between 0.9 and 7.2 lunar distances (nominal 2.9) at 17,200 mph (7.70 kilometers per second).
2 June
On Wednesday morning, June 2, 2021, the waning moon will appear semi-full, as it reaches its final quarter at 3:28 AM EDT. The Moon must have moved from the Moon on the left to the south-east to Saturn in the south-southeast to appear in a rough line with the planets Jupiter and Saturn on the right.
June 4
Monday night, 7 June 2021, at 10:28 pm. EDT, the Moon will be on the apogee, the farthest from Earth for this orbit.
June 10: Solar eclipse
On Thursday morning, June 10, 2021, there will be Amavasya at 7:53 am EDT, when the Moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon will eclipse the Sun as described above. Remember that it is unsafe to see the sun directly (unless you have special eclipse glasses for your eye protection). An annular eclipse will appear in parts of Canada, Greenland, the Arctic Ocean, and Siberia.
It will be a partial eclipse in northeastern North America, Greenland, northern Europe, and most parts of northern Asia. From the Washington, DC area, the Moon will block about 80% of the left side of the Sun as they rise east-northeast together at 5:42 AM, making the Sun appear crescent. As this pair rises up into the sky, the silhouette of the Moon will gradually shift from the Sun to the bottom left, causing more Sun to appear until the Sun eclipse ends at about 6:29 pm, about 7 degrees above the Sun. Will give. Horizon to the east-northeast.
On Thursday evening, the planet Mercury will pass between the Earth and the Sun as seen from Earth - this is called inferior conjugation. Mercury will transit from the evening sky to the morning sky, and after about 20 June the dawn will begin to emerge on the eastern horizon.
The day of - or the day after Amavasya - marks the beginning of a new month for most lunar-solar calendars. The fifth month of the Chinese calendar begins on June 10, 2021 (midnight in China's time zone, which is 12 hours ahead of the EDT). Sunset on 10 June marks the beginning of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar. In the Islamic calendar, the months traditionally begin with the first sighting of the waxing crescent moon. Many Muslim communities now follow Saudi Arabia's Umm al-Qur'a calendar, which uses astronomical calculations to begin the months in a more predictable manner. Using this calendar, the eleventh month of the year, Dhu al-Qadah will begin at sunset on Thursday, June 10.
11 June
On Friday evening, June 11, 2021, the thin, waxing crescent moon will appear on the west-northwest horizon in the lower right of the bright planet Venus, approximately 12 minutes after dusk ends. It will be easier to see Venus in the evening glow than the moon's thin crescent.
June 12
On Saturday evening, June 12, 2021, the bright star Polux will appear about 5 degrees above the waxing crescent moon, with the bright planet Venus appearing approximately 6 degrees to the lower right of the Moon.
June 13
For the Washington, DC area (and similar latitudes, at least), the first sunrise of the year will be on Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 5:42:11 am.
On Sunday evening, Mars will appear about 3 degrees below the waxing crescent moon.
June 14
Monday, June 14, 2021, is the fifth day of the fifth month of the traditional Chinese calendar, the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.
June 15
On Tuesday evening, June 15, 2021, the bright star Regulus Waxing Crescent will appear about 4 degrees to the lower left of the Moon.
June 14
On Thursday night, June 17, 2021, the moon will appear half-filled as it reaches its first quarter at 11:54 pm. EDT.
June 19
On Saturday evening, June 19, 2021, the bright star will appear about 5 degrees below the spica waxing gibbous moon.
June 20: Summer Solstice
From the morning of Sunday, June 20, 2021, the planet Mercury will begin to appear above the horizon about 30 minutes before sunrise (approximately when it may begin to appear in the glow of dawn). By 1 July, Mercury will not begin to appear above the horizon at dusk.
Sunday at 11:32 pm. EDT will be the summer solstice, the astronomical end of spring and the beginning of summer. This will be the day with the longest duration of daylight.
June 21
On Monday evening, June 21, 2021, the bright planet Venus (as the evening star) and the bright star Pollux will appear closest to each other, slightly more than 5 degrees away. The pair will appear next to each other in late June.
22 June
On Tuesday evening, June 22, 2021, the bright star Antares will appear about 5 degrees below the waxing gibbous moon.
June 23
On Wednesday morning, June 23, 2021, 5:57 AM EDT, the Moon will be in the periphery, the closest to Earth for this orbit.
24 June
The next full moon day will be on Thursday afternoon, June 26, 2021, at 2:00 pm. EDT. The Moon will be fully visible from Wednesday morning to Saturday morning for about 3 days centered at this time.