The Moon will appear full all weekend long. <\/p>
Known as the Strawberry Moon, June\u2019s full Moon will rise on the evening of Saturday 3 June\u00a02023<\/strong>, at\u00a09:01pm BST<\/strong>, and will reach peak illumination at 3:42am BST in the morning of Saturday 4 June.<\/p>\n But its fruity name has nothing to do with the colour of the Moon, although if a lunar eclipse were to fall at the same time as the Strawberry Moon, you would be forgiven for thinking so.<\/p>\n So where does the name come from? And what other names does June\u2019s full Moon go by?<\/p>\n The name \u2018Strawberry Moon\u2019 originated from Native American tribes, specifically the Algonquin tribes, who used the name to mark the beginning of strawberry harvesting season in the northeastern parts of North America.<\/p>\n For these tribes, the full Moon in June corresponded with the ripening of wild strawberries in the region. It served as a useful natural indicator (or celebration?) as the time to gather and harvest the sweet fruit.<\/p>\n The names given to full Moons vary depending on regional and cultural traditions. These names often reflect natural phenomena, agricultural activities, or significant events during that particular time of the year.<\/p>\n \u201cJust as different cultures across the world have different languages, they also have different names for each full Moon,\u201d says Dr Darren Baskill,<\/a>\u00a0astronomy lecturer at the University of Sussex.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is common in astronomy, where lots of popular sights in the night sky go by different names.<\/p>\n \u201cAnother example is the seven stars that form half of the constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear).\u00a0 Those stars are better known as the Plough<\/a> in the UK, whereas in the US they are called the Big Dipper. In Germany, they are known as the Great Wagon, and in France, they call it the saucepan.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to most widely being known as the Strawberry Moon, the June full Moon is also known by other names in different cultures and folklore. Some of the alternate names for the June full moon include:<\/p>\n The next full Moon is often known as the Buck Moon and will rise on 3 July 2023.<\/p>\n Dr Darren Baskill is an outreach officer and lecturer in the department of physics and astronomy at the University of Sussex. He previously lectured at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, where he also initiated the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <\/body><\/html>\n The Moon will appear full all weekend long. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28487,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"3"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon.jpg",1920,818,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon-1536x654.jpg",1536,654,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/06\/why-tonights-june-full-moon-is-called-the-strawberry-moon.jpg",1920,818,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Moon will appear full all weekend long.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About our expert<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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