ENID, OK - The next full moon is the Flower Moon, the Corn, or Milk Moon, and the Buddha Purnima. There will be a total eclipse of the Moon, sometimes called a Blood Moon, and a marginal Supermoon.
The next full moon will be just after midnight, early on Monday morning, May 16, 2022, at 12:14 a.m. EDT. This will be on Sunday from the U.S. Central Daylight Time zone westward across the rest of North and South America and the Pacific Ocean to the International Date Line.
The Moon will be so close to opposite the Sun that it will pass through the shadow of the Earth. The Moon will begin entering the partial shadow of the Earth at 9:32 p.m. EDT on Sunday night, May 15. The Moon will be in the Earth's full shadow from 11:29 p.m. on Sunday night until 12:54 a.m. on Monday morning, May 16, with the peak of the eclipse at 12:11 a.m. The Moon will emerge from the Earth's full shadow between 12:54 and 1:55 a.m. as the curved edge of the shadow shifts across the Moon.
The Moon in full eclipse will appear dull to reddish-brown in color. Although the Earth is blocking the direct light from the Sun from reaching the Moon, the Earth's atmosphere scatters and refracts some light onto the Moon. The glow we can see is caused by all the sunrises and sunsets on Earth shining on the Moon at the same time. The color of the eclipse varies depending upon the sunrise/sunset conditions around the Earth.
Because of this reddish color, the eclipsed Moon is sometimes called a Blood Moon, although it is not clear (to me, at least) if this is a traditional name. The name Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon is also used for the Hunter's Moon (usually in October), either because the preparations for winter shift from harvesting to hunting, or because of the reddish color of the leaves in fall.
Here are some past full moons over Enid:
