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CHARLOTTE, NC – While we have already glimpsed this year's two supermoons – both in January – the full moon in late June is a bit unusual, dubbed the Full Strawberry Moon by Native Americans, as it is there that the fruits begin to ripen. peaks of the strawberry harvest season. There is no reddish hue visible on the moon. Other names for this month's full moon are the moon moon, the honeymoon and the hot moon.
The full strawberry moon will be during the night on Wednesday and Thursday, June 27 and June 28. This is because the full moon occurs at 12:53 pm EDT (0453 GMT), so depending on the time zone in which you live, the full moon will be at its best Wednesday night or in the wee hours of Thursday. Space.com says that the moon will appear full the day before and after its maximum brightness, so you'll have enough time to enjoy the lunar view, weather permitting.
The Strawberry Moon is at its peak on Thursday, June 28, a week after the summer solstice, when we had the largest amount of daylight all year. The last sunsets of the year are now taking place until Thursday, July 5th; sunset will be at 20:41. June 28th and evening twilight will end at 9:11 pm in the Charlotte area.
Just before the peaks of the Strawberry Moon, the planet Saturn will be at the opposite, or facing the Sun as seen from Earth, a "complete" Saturn that rises around the setting sun on Wednesday morning June 27th. It is then that Saturn will be at its closest and brightest for the year, says NASA. With good binoculars or a small telescope, you should be able to clearly see Saturn's rings and Titan's great moon of Saturn, which has an atmosphere and seas of liquid methane.
A hasty look at the sky forecast for Charlotte on June 27 and 28 seems a little uncertain to look at the moon. The National Weather Service predicts 30% risk of showers and thunderstorms Wednesday night. The sky will be partly cloudy, with a minimum around 73. Thursday night will be better with partly cloudy skies, however there is a 30 percent chance of rain Friday night.
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Here are the full moons and supermoons of 2018:
July 27: Native Americans have called the Full Moon Moon Full Moon because it is here that male deer begin to produce new woods. This moon is also known as Full Thunder Moon and Full Moon Moon.
August 26: Native American tribes have called the full moon of August the full moon of sturgeon because that is when large fish are more easily caught in the Great Lakes and other Great Lakes. . You could also hear it called the Green Corn Moon or the Grain Moon.
September 25: The full moon of September was known as the Corn Moon by Native American tribes because it was at that time that corn was generally harvested. It has also been called the Barley Moon to coincide with the time of harvesting and threshing of matured barley. Some years it is known as the Harvest Moon – always given name to the moon closest to the autumn equinox – and can occur in September or October.
October 24: The full moon of October was dubbed the Hunters' Moon by the Native Americans because the game was big and ready for hunting. It has also been called the travel moon, the blood moon and the dying moon.
November 23: The Native Americans named the full moon of November, the full beaver moon, because the tribes set their beaver traps before the swamps and rivers froze for the winter. You could also hear it called the Frosty Moon.
December 22: The Amerindians called the full December moon the cold full moon. The winter is settling in many parts of the country and the nights are longer and darker. You can also hear it called the Moon Long Nights and the Moon Before Yule.
Other celestial events
You will have many chances to see Mercury in the second half of the year, the planet closest to the sun and the smallest in our solar system, just a little larger than the moon of the Earth. It's the sun's fastest family, making its annual trip in just 88 days from Earth. Here are some things to watch for in the sky next month:
June 27th: The ringed planet Saturn is in opposition and will be fully illuminated by the sun. It is the best time of the year to take a look at the second largest planet in our solar system because it will be brighter than at any other time in the world. 39; year. You can see it all night, and with a telescope of medium size or larger you can see its rings and some of its brightest moons.
July 12: Here is another chance to watch Mercury, which reaches its greatest elongation in the east at 26.4 degrees in the sky. You can see it down in the western sky just after sunset.
July 27: Mars is in opposition because it makes its closest approach to the Earth. His face will be fully illuminated, and you should be able to see some of the dark details on the surface of the planet with a medium sized telescope.
July 28th to 29th: The Delta Aquarids meteor shower, produced by the debris left by comets Marsden and Kracht, runs from July 12 to August. 23. It's an average show, producing about 20 meteors per hour at its peak, but an almost full moon will be problematic. Meteors radiate from the constellation Aquarius, but can be seen from any place in the sky. The best listening times are after midnight.
Patch editor Deb Belt contributed.
Sources: Seasky.org, Old Farmer's Almanac, Astronomy.com, International Meteorological Organization, American Meteor Society, Space.com, NASA
Photo of the strawberry moon via Shutterstock
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