The Flower Moon shines above the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. (Image credit: Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) May's full "Flower Moon" has come and gone, dazzling stargazers with a magnificent display of natural light as it cut a lazy arc over the southern horizon, below the stars of the constellation Virgo. The Flower Moon — named for the colorful blooms that appear in the northern hemisphere around the time it rises — bloomed into the night sky on May 1, as the blue-white star Spica and red Arcturus twinkled nearby. Mesmerizing photos of the May 2026 full Flower Moon. Photographer Lokman Vural took a magnificent photo of the full moon on May 1 as it rose through the concrete jungle of New York. The shot is framed by the skyscraper-lined avenue of 42nd Street, which the sun will appear to set perfectly between during a phenomenon called Manhattanhenge on May 29 and July 11 in 2026, according to the American Museum of Natural History .…