May's full moon sets behind the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge as seen from Emeryville in California, U.S. on May 23, 2024. (Image credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) Reach for the moon!

Although the moon was full, it might have appeared 14% smaller and 30% dimmer, a phenomenon known as a micromoon. According to NASA, this occurs when the celestial body is at its farthest point ...