{"id":890024,"date":"2026-06-24T18:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890024\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:41:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:41:17","slug":"junes-strawberry-full-moon-peaks-next-week-heres-when-and-how-to-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/890024\/","title":{"rendered":"June’s strawberry full moon peaks next week. Here’s when and how to see it."},"content":{"rendered":"

The first full moon<\/a> of summer will soon light up the night sky.<\/p>\n

The celestial event, known as the strawberry moon<\/a>, will be at its fullest on June 29. It will also be a \u201cmicromoon,\u201d meaning it may appear slightly smaller and dimmer than usual.<\/p>\n

Here is everything you need to know about when to see it.<\/p>\n

What time will the strawberry moon peak?<\/p>\n

The 2026 strawberry moon will reach peak illumination at 7:57 p.m. ET on June 29, according to the Farmer’s Almanac<\/a>. The moon will appear full for a few days before and after it reaches its peak.<\/p>\n

To get the best view of the full moon, experts recommend finding a location away from bright lights and checking local weather forecasts for cloud cover.<\/p>\n

The event comes just days after the summer solstice on June 21, the official start of astronomical summer.<\/p>\n

Why is it called the strawberry moon?<\/p>\n

Despite its name, the strawberry moon won’t actually be pink. It will appear much like any other full moon.<\/p>\n

The name is commonly associated with Indigenous communities, including Algonquian peoples<\/a>, who used full moon names to mark seasonal changes. The strawberry moon takes its name from the time of year when berries ripen, according to NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The June full moon will be the third and final micromoon of 2026.<\/p>\n

(Milos Bicanski via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Other traditional names for June’s full moon include the berries ripen moon, blooming moon and green corn moon.<\/p>\n

What is a \u2018micromoon\u2019?<\/p>\n

A micromoon occurs when the full moon is near the farthest point in its orbit around Earth, meaning it can appear slightly smaller and dimmer than a typical full moon.<\/p>\n

The strawberry moon will be the third and final micromoon of 2026, following the flower moon<\/a> on May 1 and the blue moon<\/a> on May 31.<\/p>\n

When is the next full moon?<\/p>\n

The next full moon after the strawberry moon will be the buck moon, which will peak on July 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first full moon of summer will soon light up the night sky. The celestial event, known as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":890025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[24],"tags":[42107,159,783,309101,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-890024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-full-moon","tag-science","tag-space","tag-strawberry-moon","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116806556577198354","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}