Get Out and Go See the Full Strawberry Supermoon
The full moon tonight is ripe for picking. The June full moon is also known as the “Strawberry Moon” and is the last supermoon of this year.
The moon will appear bigger and brighter than usual, reflecting back to Earthlings with its reddish-rose color, unveiling itself in the Eastern sky.
Tonight is the night to get outside and enjoy the sights. Perhaps grab a strawberry supermoon doughnut from Krispy Kreme that is available today only, to make it even more memorable?
Get Up Really Early to Catch the Super Flower Blood Moon
The early morning hours will bring skygazers the delight we have been waiting months for, as we get a triple dipped treat from the universe right in time to kick off summer. There is a “Super Flower Blood Moon” to illuminate the skies and this one is not a sight to be missed.
The blood red supermoon rising is also the only total lunar eclipse of the year, so get outside and go look. The blood moon, or lunar eclipse, happens when the Moon moves through the deepest part of Earth’s shadow, or umbra, taking on the deep crimson glow from the bending of light in our atmosphere.
The lunar eclipse event kicks off at 4:47 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, so you’ll have to get up early and stay awake to catch the full eclipse at 7:18 a.m.
Alternatively, if you’re a night owl, just stay up to catch this beautiful wonder. Who needs sleep anyway when there are celestial events like this happening?
This is all due to the perfect timing of the universe to bring these events in motion. Trust the timing.
Tonight is a Full Pink Supermoon
Tonight is just the beginning of a streak of delights for the skygazers, as we welcome the Pink Full Supermoon. If the full moon looks larger than life, it’s because the moon is within 10 percent of its perigee. Not to mention that the pink moon appears to rise against a backdrop phenomenon known as the “moon illusion”.
The moon won’t actually appear pink as it illuminates the sky. That was just the name bestowed to it by Native Americans because this moon appeared around the same time as the moss phlox wildflowers would bloom in North America.
It will appear orange and fade into white as it makes it nighttime trek beginning in the eastern horizon until resting in the west.
Look for the “pink” delight to be at its height around 11:30pm Eastern/8:30pm Pacific.
The Pink supermoon is one of three consecutive supermoons we are being served from the universe. Get your cameras ready! This one will be an event not to miss.