May's 'Flower Moon' captivates sky-gazers with stunning global photos

Each May, the full moon rises under the name Flower Moon — a title borrowed from the season of blooming — and in 2026 it arrived with unusual company: two micromoons sharing the same calendar month, each one tracing the far edge of the moon's elliptical path around Earth. From Sydney to London to Los Angeles, people paused their ordinary lives to look upward, guided by published timetables and the oldest human instinct of all — to notice what the sky is doing. In a world that often demands expensive equipment or rare access to witness the extraordinary, this spectacle asked only for clear skie