If you've ever thought you will do something once in a Blue Moon, Sunday is your chance. The full moon on Sunday night is the second full moon of the month and thus given the odd title of blue moon. Don't look for any color or shade of blue.
It is an odd history, the name of two moons in a month. We can tell you something interesting about this full moon on Sunday. It will be one of the smallest full moons of the year, though you'll hardly notice. The moon will be in apogee, farthest from the earth in its 28 day orbit around the Earth. The moon's orbit around us is elliptical. Sometimes it is far from us, and sometimes it is close.
There is no significance to the difference in distance other than when the moon is both close, full or in the new moon phase. The gravitational pull on our oceans creates our changing tides. What fun. Only occasionally, our tides have a dramatic change. Not this weekend. The moon is too far away this weekend to give us unusual tides.
Venus and Jupiter
More and more folks are noticing the two bright planets in the western sky after sunset, appearing closer and closer together. Venus is the brightest, of the two. The two will pass within a degree of each other on the nights of June 8 and 9. Enjoy the show now. This is one of those great astronomical events that reverses the common thought that nothing appears to change overhead. Watch each night ahead.
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Fri., May 29 | 5:11 | 8:06 |
| Sat., May 30 | 5:10 | 8:07 |
| Sun., May 31 | 5:10 | 8:08 |
| Mon., June 1 | 5:09 | 8:09 |
| Tues., June 2 | 5:09 | 8:10 |
| Wed., June 3 | 5:08 | 8:10 |
| Thurs., June 4 | 5:08 | 8:11 |
| Fri., June 5 | 5:08 | 8:12 |
| Day | Max (Fº) | Min (Fº) | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22 | 62 | 47 | 0.00 |
| May 23 | 63 | 46 | 0.00 |
| May 24 | 61 | 50 | 0.09 |
| May 25 | 60 | 53 | 0.86 |
| May 26 | 67 | 57 | 0.05 |
| May 27 | 74 | 57 | 0.00 |
| May 28 | 75 | 58 | 0.00 |
This article appears in May 29, 2026.