The wild strawberries that start to ripen during early summer gave name to June’s Full Moon. Other names for this Full Moon are Rose Moon, Hot Moon, and Mead Moon. Show  Paddleboarders below a rising Strawberry Moon at Barceloneta beach, Barcelona, Spain. ©iStockphoto.com/DinoGeromella Strawberry Moon 202214 Jun 2022, 19:51 Strawberry Moon 20234 Jun 2023, 11:41 Times for the Strawberry Moon vary by time zone. Times and dates are based on the local time in Singapore. Change location Named After Ripening StrawberriesJune’s Full Moon is named after the wild strawberries that ripen this month and could be gathered by the Native American tribes. Other native names are Berries Ripen Moon, Green Corn Moon, and Hot Moon. The Celtic names are Horse Moon, Dyan Moon, and Rose Moon. Other English names are Flower Moon and Planting Moon. Other sources quote Mead Moon as the Anglo-Saxon name because this was the time for mowing the meads, or meadows. Close to Summer SolsticeAround every 20 years, the Strawberry Moon coincides with the summer solstice, which is either on June 20, 21, or 22. 12 Full Moon NamesThe Full Moon has been integral to tracking the change of months and seasons since ancient times. Today, we use many of these ancient month names as Full Moon names, and many of them come from the Colonial Americans adopting Native American names into their calendars. Although the most commonly used Full Moon names are English interpretations of Native American names, some are also Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, medieval English, and Neo-Pagan. When are the Full Moons this year? The European Wild Strawberry (Fragaria Vesca) is also called Alpine Strawberry. ©iStockphoto.com/dabjola Wild StrawberriesThere are several different kinds of wild strawberries. The native North American type is the Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), also known as Mountain strawberry or Common strawberry. It grows naturally in the United States, including Alaska, and Canada. Europe has its own native wild strawberry; the Alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca), also called European strawberry, Woodland strawberry, or fraisier des bois. Sleep, crime, and menstruation: how Full Moons affect humans Topics: Moon, June, Calendar, History, Seasons, Months, Full Moon Names
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Is there a Full Moon in June 2023?Full Moon and New Moon for June 2023
The Full Moon for this month will occur early in the month on Sunday, June 4th. The New Moon will happen later in June on Sunday, June 18th.
What dates for the New Moon for 2023?What are the 2023 New Moon Dates?. What kind of Moon is it on June 4 2022?The current moon phase for June 4th, 2022 is the Waxing Crescent phase. On this day, the moon is 4.85 days old and 20.37% illuminated with a tilt of 162.316°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 403,610.38 km and the moon sign is Leo. The Moon phase for June 4th, 2022 is a Waxing Crescent phase.
Is June 2022 a Full Moon?As mentioned above, the next full moon will be Tuesday morning, June 14, 2022, at 7:52 a.m. EDT. Less than 12 hours later, at 7:24 p.m., the Moon will be at perigee, its closest to the Earth for this orbit. This full moon is near enough to perigee to be a supermoon.
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