{"id":175701,"date":"2025-06-11T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175701\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:01:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:01:09","slug":"what-is-the-strawberry-moon-and-why-is-tonights-so-rare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175701\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Strawberry Moon and why is tonight&#8217;s so rare?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight\u2019s strawberry full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moon<\/a> coincides with another rare lunar event, making it one worth seeing.<\/p>\n<p>And according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/met-office\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Met Office<\/a>, clear spells later today and into the night make for strong viewing chances.<\/p>\n<p>So what is the strawberry moon, and when can you see it?<\/p>\n<p>What is the Strawberry Moon and when is it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/full-moon-types-harvest-moon-supermoon-b1108489.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Every month\u2019s full moon has a nickname<\/a>, and June\u2019s is \u2018strawberry moon\u2019. Its name comes from indigenous Americans , marking the beginning of the strawberry harvest &#8211; and has nothing to do with its reddish tint.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s strawberry moon was visible to some on Tuesday, but will peak tonight, Wednesday June 11, beginning from moonrise at 10:20pm.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 strawberry moon also coincides with an event called the major lunar standstill,  making it quite rare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/strawberry-moon-dublin-pg.jpg\" width=\"2465\" height=\"1643\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The strawberry moon is seen over chimneys at the Guinness factory during sunset in Dublin<\/p>\n<p>REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The major lunar standstill is the moon\u2019s version of a solstice, marking the point when the moon rises and sets at its most northerly and southerly positions.<\/p>\n<p>However, the moon\u2019s cycle is much longer to that of the sun, so this event only occurs every 18.6 years. The last major lunar standstill was in 2006, and the next &#8211; after tonight\u2019s &#8211; will be in 2043.<\/p>\n<p>The best spots to see it in London<\/p>\n<p>The moon rises in the east, and sets in the west. From moonrise tonight, Londoners should look up and out towards Hackney, Canary Wharf and Greenwich as it begins its ascent in the sky.<\/p>\n<p>The chances of seeing the moon are high, as skies are forecast to be clear.<\/p>\n<p>Being somewhere with dark skies, meaning as little light pollution as possible, increases the viewing experience. Naturally, this means London\u2019s parks are among the best places to catch any lunar event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight\u2019s strawberry full moon coincides with another rare lunar event, making it one worth seeing. And according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,1497,3864,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-175701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-moon","13":"tag-supermoon","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114664865125239480","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}