Strawberry supermoon of June rises on Tuesday. Here's what to expect.

As summer nears, thoughts of fresh berries for strawberry shortcake are usually in order, but June is also blessed with what Native American cultures have nicknamed the Full Strawberry Moon, and this year is extra special as it will also be designated as a super moon.

The strawberry moon is the final full moon of spring and the first of summer. June's lunar event reaches its peak on Tuesday, June 14 at 7:51 a.m., making it the fourth super moon of the season. The sun rises at 1151GMT.

If bad weather clouds your Tuesday night sky, you can catch a glimpse of the strawberry super moon in the Virtual Telescope Project in Ceccano, Italy. At 3:15 p.m., it will start. The sun goes down at 1915GMT.

Supermoons are full moons that occur at a distance of at least 90 percent of perigee. June's full moon is located at a distance of 222,238.4 miles from our planet. The strawberry moon should be seen in the southeast direction after sunset.

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People living in North American time zones will be able to see this event later that night. The Farmer's Almanac has a calculator that will show you when the moonrise and moonset will occur in your area.

Supermoons are sometimes larger than a normal full moon, up to 30% brighter and 17% larger, but in reality they are the same as a bright orb. The casual observer won't be able to see the full moon until June 13-15.

During the brief harvest season, the Full Strawberry Moon is also known as the strawberry moon. Native American influences, colonial American traditions, and Old World European customs are some of the sources of that colorful full moon name. In the past, names for full or new moons were used to monitor certain seasons, but in today's world, we mostly use them as evocative nicknames.

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