According to NASA, an Old English name for the May full moon is the milk moon. In 703 AD, the English monk St. Bede the Venerable wrote that May was known as the "Three-Milkings Month," likely because cows could be milked three times a day during this fertile time of year.

May's full moon, known as the 'Flower Moon' is set to dazzle stargazers and the astrophotography community alike when it rises on the night sky on May 12. Read on to discover where, when, and what to look for to get the most out of the yearly lunar event.

The full moon on May 12 is also called the flower moon because of the abundance of flowers that bloom in the spring. This moon has many other names, but the Center for Native American Studies says that the Great Lakes region calls it the “sucker moon” after the sucker fish.