The best night sky events for May

Image courtesy of John Taylor and Sky Safari 6.

Image courtesy of John Taylor and Sky Safari 6

Image courtesy of John Taylor and Stellarium

by JOHN TAYLOR / Press Contributor
| May 1, 2026 1:00 AM

Do you enjoy looking up? Well, May 2026 has a packed calendar for anyone who loves looking up. Here are the celestial wonders that will avail themselves to us in the night sky during May. Prepare yourself for a month filled with the Eta Aquarids meteor shower, lunar appulses and conjunctions, the Full Flower Moon and a Blue Moon.

May 1 — The Flower Moon.

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