According to NASA, the full moon will be at its closest point to Earth for this orbit at 7:24 p.m. EDT Tuesday. It will be close enough to be considered a supermoon, making it the second of 2022.
It will appear all Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning and will be the lowest full moon of the year, reaching only 23.3 degrees above the horizon on Wednesday at 1:56 a.m. EDT, the agency said. The full strawberry supermoon appears on June 14 in Indonesia. WF Sihardian / NurPhoto via Getty Images

How did the strawberry moon get its name?

The name has nothing to do with its color. Traditionally, the strawberry is the full moon of June, which is usually the last of spring or the first of summer. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, the name was used by the Native American Algonquin tribes living in the northeastern United States and the Ojibwe, Dakota and Lakota peoples. It was used to signal the ripening of strawberries that were ready to be harvested in June.

How to watch the supermoon with strawberry

After sunset, sky viewers are advised to look southeast to watch the full moon rise above the horizon, the Almanac said. It reached its peak of illumination earlier, on Tuesday, at 7:52 a.m. EDT, but will not be visible in North American time zones until Tuesday afternoon, as some parts of the world have already seen the full moon. Almanac can calculate moonrise and sunset times based on your location here. “The full moon is a fun time to observe lunar features, as the rest of the sky will be washed away by the light. With the naked eye, you can see the vast highlands and lowlands of the moon, which can look like certain shapes and create stories. for these shapes, depending on the culture you follow “, according to Space.com. For those who will not stay awake, a free live stream from the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy also shows the full moon rising over Rome. And if you miss this supermoon, there will be another on July 13th.

Christopher Brito

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