2016 Summer Solstice Strawberry Moon
by D Hackett
Title
2016 Summer Solstice Strawberry Moon
Artist
D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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2016 Summer Solstice Strawberry Moon by D Hackett
June 20, 2016, I waited in my field for this "rare" full moon to rise. It was a beautiful Strawberry Moon.
When something happens rarely, we say it occurs once in a blue moon. But it turns out, there's another moon that's even rarer, and it's going to appear in the night sky very soon.
On Monday, June 20, 2016, there was a Strawberry moon. That's a full moon in the month of June. But what's rare is this year, it happens to fall on the summer solstice.
The strawberry moon got its name from Algonquin tribes that saw the first full moon of the summer as a signal that it was time to gather the fruits around them.
The strawberry moon was a cause for celebration in other countries as well. But since strawberries didn't originally grow in Europe, people there called it the full rose moon. It's also known in various places worldwide as the hot moon, honey moon and long night moon.
About 25,000 people are expected to gather at Stonehenge for this year's strawberry moon. Stonehenge is thought to be somehow related to the changing of the seasons because the sun aligns with the monument only on the summer and winter solstices.
The moon you see could be a once-in-a-lifetime event, because it is extremely rare for a full moon to coincide with the summer solstice.
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June 21st, 2016
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