Unlikesolar eclipsesornova explosions, the charmingly named strawberry moon happens every year.
This year’s strawberry moon is a little more special than most.
Coincidentally, that means the full moon is taking place at the same time as the summer solstice.
This is referred to by The Old Farmer’s Almanac asthe moon illusion.
The illusion stems from the moon being close to the horizon.
This makes it look way bigger than it would look if it were way up in the sky.
Being low on the horizon will also make the moon colorful.
It’ll be among the lowest, biggest and most colorful that we’ve seen in years.
TheOld Farmer’s Almanac defines a strawberry moonsimply as the full moon that occurs in June.
If there are two full moons in June, it refers to the second one.
Officially, it’s the last full moon of the spring or the first full moon of the summer.
The name has Native American roots.
When can I see this year’s strawberry moon?
The full moon is officially set for the evening of June 22.
PerAstropixels, we’re set to get not one, but four supermoons in 2024.
They will occur on Aug. 19, Sept. 18, Oct. 17 and Nov. 15.
A supermoon refers to a moon that is physically closer to Earth than the average.
Sept. 18’s supermoon is also the harvest moon, making it a superharvest moon.
Save the date for that Sept. 18 super harvest moon, especially.
The day before the full moon, there will also be apartial lunar eclipse.
It’ll be the last lunar eclipse until March 2025.
