Strawberry Moon 2019
- The full moon in June or the last full moon of Spring season is referred to as the Strawberry moon.
Why is it called Strawberry Moon?
- According to NASA, the name comes from the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries in northeastern North America.
- The phenomenon is called ‘Strawberry moon’ because the Old Farmer’s Almanac says the Alongquin tribes, based around New England and Lake Superior in the US, marked the phenomenon in concurrence with the strawberry harvest season.
- They used full moons, rather than the Julian or Gregorian calendar, to mark different seasons of the year.
- Europeans also called this the Rose ....
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