Lunar eclipse

On May 5, amateur astronomers will be able to track the second eclipse of the year and the first lunar eclipse from the Earth's penumbra.

Skygazers across Turkey witnessed a spectacular astronomical phenomenon when Earth's satellite coinciding with a lunar eclipse bathed in blood-red shiny light on May 26.

The super flower moon was observed in the skies of Turkey's metropolitan city Istanbul and capital Ankara, and also appeared in a large number of other countries from Japan to the United States.

The next full moon, otherwise known as the Flower Moon, is set to grace our skies tonight, May 26, reaching its official peak at around 11:30 pm. It will also be the second supermoon of the year.

A full moon occurs every 29.5 days and happens when the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun's rays. It occurs when the Earth is directly aligned between the Sun and the Moon. 

This month's full moon will appear bigger, brighter and redder than usual, as the rare simultaneous occurrence of a supermoon and a lunar eclipse takes place in some parts of the world on 26 May.

May's full moon is the second of two supermoons in 2021, with the previous one taking place in April over largely cloudy skies in the UK.

Skywatchers howled at the moon at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles when the full lunar eclipse appeared shortly after 9 p.m. Pacific time on Jan. 20 and our celestial neighbor was bathed reddish-orange during a Super Blood Wolf Moon.

A blood-red moon dazzled Turks on July 27 when it moved into Earth's shadow for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century, observed from much of the world. Click through for the story in photos...

A full moon rises behind the Temple of Poseidon before a lunar eclipse at Cape Sounio, near Athens, Friday.

A blood moon will dominate the sky across much of the world on Friday night when the Earth's natural satellite moves into the shadow of our planet for the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st century.

National Geographic - Get ready for a celestial double feature unlike anything seen in decades: Mars is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 15 years—just as the full moon blushes red in the longest "blood moon" eclipse of the century.

The longest "blood moon" eclipse this century will coincide with Mars' closest approach in 15 years to offer skygazers a thrilling astronomical double bill on July 27, astronomers say.