Why the final Full Moon of the month is also the smallest of the year. There’s nothing like a random celestial coincidence, turned good internet meme. In this case, the chance event is this weekend’s Full Moon, which also happens to be the second Full Moon of May, and is also the most distant and the visually smallest Full Moon of the year. We’re already seeing the hype around the curious pairing of the two occurrences. Granted, what you’ll see is a rising near Full Moon on Saturday night May 30th going into Sunday, May 31st. Would you know anything unique was afoot during this May Flower Moon for 2026, if you didn’t know any better? Here are the specifics: The Moon reaches Full on May 31st at 8:47 Universal Time (UT), 19 hours before apogee on June 1st at 4:34 UT. At 406,368 kilometers distant, this only misses being the most distant apogee of the year by just 52 kilometers. Looking eastward at the rising Moon just past Full on the night of May 31st. Credit: Stellarium.…