June's full moon, known as the strawberry moon, will come at the same time as the perigee moon, which will create a "super moon" on June 14. The U.S. Naval Observatory shows the time in New York.
The moon will be below the horizon on the east coast of North and South America at 5:09 a.m.
The moon is at its closest point to the sun. The sky-watching site In-the-sky.org states that the sun will rise on June 14. The moon is 10 percent bigger than average at perigee. The moon has an average diameter of 31 arcs minutes. One degree is 1/6th of a degree, and an arcsminute is 1/6th of a degree. There is a super moon. It takes a skywatcher a long time to tell the difference between the two names.
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The ellipse shape of the moon makes it appear larger than it really is. The moon will be 222,098 miles from Earth at the perigee time period. There is an average distance between the moon and Earth of 240,000 miles and it can be as large as 252,500 miles.
The whole face of the moon is illuminated when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth. The moon's shadow is sometimes carried within the shadow of the Earth to produce an eclipse.
The summer full moon is usually lower in the sky than other times of the year. The ecliptic is projected on the sky and is tracked by the moon. The ecliptic makes a circle with respect to the equator if one imagines the sky as a sphere with Earth's latitude and longitude lines projected on it.
The sun's path is marked by the ecliptic. The day begins early and ends late in the summer because the sun is high above the equator. The moon is below the equator. The moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning.
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The situation is different in the southern hemisphere. The sun is low in the sky and the moon is high during the winter. If you watch the full moon in Melbourne on June 14 you will be able to see it rise the next morning. At 12:26 a.m. on June 15th, it will be 78 degrees above the horizon, which is known as crossing the meridian. The moon rises and falls in New York City at different times.
In the summer months of June through September in the Northern Hemisphere, and December through March in the Southern Hemisphere, full moons look larger and more colorful because the moon's light has to travel through more air.
In New York City, the first naked eye planets to rise are Saturn and Jupiter. It is 34 degrees high in the south by sunrise. On June 14th and 15th, the planet is 45 degrees high in the northeast.
On June 16th, there will be a full moon. Mercury will be the furthest west it can get from the sun in the sky. The morning star rises in New York City at 1:45 a.m. When the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon and the streetlights go off, the planet will be a mere 6 degrees high. It will require clear weather to catch Mercury.
Observers in the south will have a better time. The sun does not rise until 7:34 a.m. local time. There is a public event at 7 a.m. It will be 14 degrees in the northeast.
Venus will be a morning star as well. It will be above and to the right of Mercury in the northern hemisphere. On June 14th, the planet rises at 3:39 a.m. and reaches an altitude of about 20 degrees. One can still see Venus even though the sky is not as bright as it could be. On June 14 the planet rises in the sky at 4:49 a.m. and a half hour before sunrise is 22 degrees high.
On June 15th, the full moon will be high in the sky. The constellation is called the Fishes. Mars will stand out as the Fishes are a faint group of stars. The sun sets at 31 degrees high in the southeast. Mars will rise at a similar time in Melbourne, but the angle the ecliptic makes with the horizon will be more steep. Mars is above the horizon.
Jupiter will rise in New York in the early hours of June 15. Jupiter will be to the left of Mars. The planets will beversed with Jupiter to the left and Mars to the right. Jupiter rises in the early hours of June 15 and then rises again at 3 a.m. in the northeastern part of the country.
There is a full view of the Summer Triangle in the evening in mid-northern latitudes.
In the southeast, above the horizon is Ophiuchus, the legendary healer. One can see the stars that mark the body and the stars that mark the head and tail of the constellation Serpens Cauda and Serpens Caput from a dark sky location. The moon is so bright that it can wash out fainter stars. Hercules has four medium-bright stars. The Northern Crown is a semi circle of stars with Alphecca marking the middle of it.
One can follow the handle of the Big Dipper, which is in the northwest, to Arcturus, which is in the southwest. One can reach Spica if they keep going.
The moon will be in Sagittarius and just below Scorpius. One can see Centaurus, which is near the zenith, if they look to the right. Alpha Centauri is the nearest star to Earth. The southern cross is located to the right of Alpha Centauri. The Keel and the Sail of the legendary ship "Argo" can be seen further to the west. There is a line of stars stretching from the west to the east. The Cup is on the right side of the road and the Hydra is on the left.
The full moon of June is often called a strawberry moon, from the berries that appear in North America around that time of year. The Ojibwe treated the strawberry moon as a time for welcoming friends and family, and letting go of judgement.
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According to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, the month of Hongonui in the Southern Hemisphere is June to July.
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