Strawberry Moon Makes Summer Solstice Sweeter

A Strawberry Moon will coincide with the summer solstice for the first time in almost 50 years.

A Strawberry Moon is not necessarily pink or red, however.
It is simply a name given to the full moon each June, which coincides with the start of the strawberry season.
But it has not happened on the longest day of the year since 1967 - and astrologers are excited to see the two coincide this year.
The name was coined by Native American tribes who used it as a signal to gather ripening strawberries.
It became known in Europe as the Full Rose Moon, and the Honey Moon.

The summer solstice is when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, providing the most daylight of the year.
The moment of solstice is when the sun hits its top level.  
Thousands of people will be at Stonehenge in Wiltshire to mark the occasion, but conditions may be unfavourable.
Sky News weather producer Joanna Robinson said: "After a grey and rather wet start to the summer solstice in the south, there will be some improvement for the longest day of the year.
"This evening, there will be some pleasant sunny spells, best in the north and east.
"The sun is due to set at 9.21pm in London, about five minutes later in Stonehenge and then as late as 10.35pm in Stornoway, northwest Scotland.
"Unfortunately, increasing cloud will hinder our view of the Strawberry Moon.
"The clearest skies will be over northern and eastern Scotland and northeast England, but it will tend to cloud over there from midnight.
"Any breaks in the cloud elsewhere will be fairly limited, probably best over western and central Ireland."

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