There’s a full Moon tonight, and it’s known as a “Strawberry Moon” in the U.S.  It’s actually called this because Native American tribes used it as a signal to start gathering ripening strawberries.  Tonight’s full Moon will follow a low, shallow path across the sky, meaning moonlight will travel through more of the Earth’s atmosphere, giving it a colorful orange or yellow tint.  You may even see an optical illusion where the Moon looks bigger than normal, because the moon will be low and the brain tends to see things that are close to the horizon as larger than they are.

Other countries won’t be able to see the Strawberry Moon though since there will be a lunar eclipse in other parts of the world.  You can watch that online though: The Virtual Telescope Project‘s YouTube page will live stream the eclipse starting at noon Eastern today.

This is the sixth full Moon of 2020.  There will be seven more before the end of the year.  The next one will be the Buck Moon on July 5th.

If you’re wanting to know when to get outside to see the Strawberry Moon tonight, can plug in your ZIP code online to get your moonrise time.

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