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The full moon of June, also called the Strawberry moon, will occur on June 21 at 9:08 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time . Observers in Oceania will see a nearly-full moon pass in front of the star Antares, the brightest star in, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory. The sun sets at 8:31 p.m. on that day. This full moon happens on the day after the, the longest day of the year; full moons occur within a day of the solstices about every 19 to 20 years.
From a mid-southern latitude location such as Melbourne, Australia sunset is early, atand the full moon rises at 4:58 p.m. Saturn rises at 11:17 p.m., followed by Mars at 3:27 a.m. June 23, and Jupiter – which is nearly lost in the sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere --rises at 5:38 a.m. From Melbourne by about 6:30 a.m. The three planets will form a rough line from Jupiter in the northeast to Saturn in the north. As the sun rises later –7:36 a.m.
Continuing the"arc" from Arcturus ends up at Spica, the alpha star of Virgo, and turning to the right one sees, the Lion. To the left is Scorpius, the Scorpion and its bright star Antares; the full moon will be to the left of it and close to the horizon by 9:30 p.m. In the mid-southern latitudes, the sky will be dark by 7 p.m. and one will see the moon in the east, with Antares above it and to the left.
In the Chinese lunar calendar the June full moon is in the fifth month, called Púyuè, the Sweet Sedge Month.
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