Tech Desk 
May 23, 2024
A new full moon, often known as the Flower Moon, will appear today as people approach summer. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that the full moon will reach its highest point of light in the United States on Thursday, May 23, at 9:53am EDT.
The moon will seem full for nearly three days around this period, from Tuesday night until early Friday evening.
According to the Old Farmer's Almanack, which began publishing the names for full moons in the 1930s, certain Native American tribes refer to the full moon in May as the "Flower Moon" because flowers bloom in profusion across North America at this time.
Other cultures allegedly named the moon based on the approach of spring. According to the Old Farmer's Almanack, certain northern Native American tribes called the May full moon the "Budding Moon" or "Leaf Budding Moon" to commemorate the spring's fresh flowers. In addition, some even dubbed it the "Planting Moon" since it signalled the time to plant seeds for the upcoming farming season.
According to NASA, an old English term for this Moon is the "Milk Moon," and in 703 AD, the English monk St. Bede the Venerable wrote that what we now call May was the "Three-Milkings Month," possibly because this month was when cows could be milked three times each day.
