Full Strawberry Moon occurs next Friday; understand what it is

A Strawberry Full Moon will take place on the night of next Friday (21), at 10:08 pm (Brasília time), and will last until Saturday (22), at 6:48 am (Brasília time), according to the Sky Tonight app.

This name was given to the June Full Moon by Native Americans, as the strawberry harvesting season in the Northern Hemisphere was held this month. That Doesn’t mean the moon will be pink or redas the name of the event is not associated with the visual phenomena of the star — which may appear in shades of white or orange.

This Friday, it will also be possible to observe other planets in our Solar System. Venus and Mercury will be below the horizon, with the former setting 21 minutes after sunset, and the latter 43 minutes.

Name origin

The nickname of this Moon varies according to the people. In Europe, this phase of June was called the Rose Moon or Mead Moon — a typical drink made with the fermentation of honey mixed with water.

Some employees at NASA, the United States space agency, have their own name for the star’s phase change in June. They call it the LRO Moon after the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a spacecraft orbiting our satellite launched in June 2009.

After June, the next Full Moon will be on July 21st — the so-called Deer Moon, which got its nickname because it occurs in the month in which the antlers grow in males of this species.

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