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The sixth full moon of 2024, also known as the “ Strawberry Moon ,” made a stunning appearance in evening skies on Friday and signaled a change in the seasons.
It coincided with the beginning of astronomical summer north of the equator and the start of winter south of the equator, but also marked a rare “major lunar standstill” not seen since 2006.The best time to see the “Strawberry Moon” at its brightest and best was during dusk on Friday, June 21. As it rose it displayed a beautiful muted orange color when viewed on the eastern horizon just after sunset in the west.
show 'House of the Dragon' as a 95 percent illuminated Strawberry Moon rises in New York City on June 19, 2024, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. It’s because the moon orbits Earth around its equator. From the equator it passes directly overhead while at the poles it only appears close to the horizon.Earth’s only natural satellite, the moon is about a sixth the size of Earth and the fifth largest moon in the solar system after Io, Callisto and Ganymede at Jupiter and Titan at Saturn.
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