EarthSky News - May 10 - May Full Moon Tonight

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Thank you for helping us keep going! In case you haven't heard, EarthSky exceeded its 2017 fund-rasing goal. Heartfelt thanks to all of you for visiting our website and for helping to keep EarthSky going. We love you all. Tonight … Why no eclipse of the May full moon? The May 10, 2017 full moon swings a whopping 5 degrees - 10 moon diameters - north of the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun. It misses being in Earth's shadow by a wide margin. What are the full moon names? The May full moon is called the Flower Moon or the Planting Moon. Lists of common full moon names - both by month and by season - for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Imaging modern brains to study Stone Age thinking We can't observe brain activity of extinct human species. But we can observe modern brains doing things that our distant ancestors did for clues to how their brains worked. Virgo: Here's your constellation The constellation Virgo the Maiden fully returns to the early evening sky – with her feet planted on the eastern horizon - in early May.

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Why no eclipse of the May full moon? October 8, 2014 total lunar eclipse composite by Michele Whitlow. To learn why the moon won't be doing this tonight - or most full moon nights - click here.

Twilight dream "Have you ever woken up from a dream and the view was still there?" Photo by Yuri Beletsky Nightscapes. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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