Tomorrow, June 24, 2021, will be the next full Moon which, according to reports, will appear "opposite the Sun, in Earth-based longitude at 2:40 pm EDT".
According to a SciTechDaily report, while the lunar occurrence is anticipated to take place on Thursday for the most part of this planet, from India Standard Time eastward to Line Islands Time, as well as the International Dateline, this is happening on Friday morning.
The Moon will appear full for approximately three days around this time, from early Wednesday until early Saturday morning.
The Last Supermoon of 2021
From a lunar eclipse to a partial solar eclipse to supermoons, 2021 has been a spectacular year for lunar events. But this month marks the year's final supermoon, with the full "strawberry" moon illuminating the night sky this week.
Various publications are using slightly different thresholds for deciding when a full Moon is near enough to the Earth to be suitable for the 'supermoon' category.
For this year, some publications are considering this full Moon the last, from March to June, of a series of four supermoons.
However, other publications are not considering this as such, as it is farther from this planet and smaller in apparent brightness and size, compared to the past three full Moons.
In many customary lunisolar calendars, full Moons fall in the middle of the lunar months. Specifically, this full Moon is in the middle of the Chinese calendar's fifth month, as well as in Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar.
Meanwhile, in the Islamic calendar, the months begin with the earliest sighting of the waxing crescent Moon, shortly following the new Moon. This full Moon is close to the middle of Dhu al-Qadah.
Why It's Called the Strawberry Moon
In the 1930s, the Maine Farmer's Almanac started publishing Native American names for the Full Moons of the year.
Based on this particular Almanac, the Algonquin tribes of what is presently the northeastern United States named this the "Strawberry Moon".
The name is derived from the comparatively short season for harvesting strawberries in the northeastern US.
This report specified, an old European name for this full Moon is the Honey Moon or Mead Moon. Mead is a drink created by fermenting honey mixed with water and at times, with hops, grains, fruits, or spices.
Meanwhile, the phrase "honeymoon" may be associated with this full moon, probably because of the tradition of marrying in June, or since "honey moon" is considered the year's "sweetest" moon.
Other Names of Strawberry Moon
The strawberry moon which is usually the last full moon of spring or the first of summer, has other names, according to The Farmer's Almanac.
Aside from honeymoon and mead moon, its other names include blooming moon, egg-laying moon and hatching moon, green corn moon, birth moon, and hoer moon.
A CBS News report said that the full moon will reach peak illumination tomorrow, although it will not be visible until it rises above the horizon later at night.
As mentioned, it will appear full for approximately three days surrounding this time, from Wednesday until Saturday morning. Moonrise and moonset times for specific locations can be found from timeanddate.com.
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