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The last full moon of spring and June, known as Full Strawberry Moon, will enter the full phase soon after the midnight strikes on Thursday, June 28th.
The Full Strawberry Moon will reach the full phase at 12:53 on Thursday, and should do some skygazing for the next two nights. According to NASA, the Strawberry Moon gets its name from the Algonquin tribe because of the "relatively short season for strawberry harvesting in northeastern North America".
The full moon of June is named for the fact that it is the best time of year for the ripening of strawberries, and it also has some names in the honeymoon, the Mead Moon and the full Rose of the Moons.
"Wednesday night to Thursday morning, from June 27 to 28, 2018, the bright planet Saturn, almost at its peak and closest to Earth for the year, will appear under the full moon," reports the agency. American space.
"The pair will appear at its closest around 11 pm EDT The full moon after the next will be held just after midnight on Thursday morning, June 28, 2018, at 12:53 pm EDT."
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The Strawberry Moon marks the sixth full moon of 2018, the previous ones being held on January 1st, January 31st, March 1st, March 31st, April 29th and May 29th.
As the moon approaches its full phase, Saturn will reach opposition and the Sun will be at opposite sides of the Earth. That means it's the best time of the year to see Saturn in the sky because it makes a closer approach to the moon and comes closest to the Earth than it will do anytime. # 39; year.
AccuWeather reports Saturn will hit the opposition around 9 am Wednesday, and that it should be visible to "the naked eye all night" as it rises to the east and sets in l & # 39; west.
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"The cloudless conditions will lead to uninterrupted views of Saturn for much of the west and central United States on Wednesday night," the site reports.
"If clouds block Saturn's opposition Wednesday night, viewers will still have plenty of opportunities to see the planet as it will remain visible in the night sky throughout the summer."
See below for an overview of other full moon names, courtesy of National Geographic:
- January – Wolf
- February – Snow
- Mars – Worm
- April – Rose
- May – Flower
- June – Strawberry
- July – Buck
- August – Sturgeon
- September – Harvest
- October – Hunter's
- November – Beaver
- December – Cold
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