This is a Wednesday night photo of the “Flower Moon,” the last of four super moons in 2020. The term, coined in 1979, refers to either a full or new moon that occurs within 90 percent of perigee, the closest approach to earth in a given orbit, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. The moon this week will appear full from Tuesday evening through Friday morning.
NASA said the Maine Farmer’s Almanac first published ‘Indian’ names for the full moons in the 1930s. “As the full moon in May and the second full moon of spring, the Algonquin tribes of what is now the northeastern United States called this the Flower Moon, for the flowers that are abundant this time of year.”