June 2024 Full Moon Tonight Is A Strawberry Moon

 

Full Strawberry Moon. Credit: NASA (color enhanced by Florida Word).

A day after the Summer Solstice, the June 2024 Full Moon will occur on Friday, June 21, 2024, beginning with a moonrise over Florida's east coast at 8:22 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with a few minutes of variation depending on your exact location).

The Full Moon will technically be 99% full at 9:07 p.m. EDT on June 21.

The Strawberry Moon will set at 5:46 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time later the following morning on June 22.

Why is this Full Moon called a Strawberry Moon?

According to Native American folklore, a full moon in June is called a Strawberry Moon because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during that summer month, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. 

Other names for the first full moon is June are Rose Moon and Flower Moon.

Are Strawberry Moons red or pink in color?

The time of year that a Full Moon happens does not affect its color.  

The Strawberry Full Moon on June 21, 2024 will likely be pearly-gray to most locations on Earth just like any other Full Moon. But particles in the local atmosphere caused by weather, forest fires, volcanoes, and pollution can filter out certain light colors of the moon. 

This is especially true when the moon rises or sets near the horizon and the sunlight reflecting from the moon has more atmosphere to travel through before reaching the viewer on Earth. Full Moons have appeared pink, yellow, red, blue, green, and orange.

Strawberry Moons can also appear brown-red in color during a total lunar eclipse.

Full Moon High Tide

For those planning to walk, bike, or run along the beach in Florida, this Full Moon brings along with it a 4 ft. + Atlantic Ocean high tide on the east coast and a 2 ft. + high tide on Florida's Gulf Coast.