It grows naturally in the United States, including Alaska, and Canada. The native North American type is the Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), also known as Mountain strawberry or Common strawberry. There are several different kinds of wild strawberries. Other sources quote Mead Moon as the Anglo-Saxon name because this was the time for mowing the meads, or meadows. There are two different mechanisms that contribute to this atmospheric extinction: absorption and scattering.Īccording to some sources, a European name for this early summer month was Rose Moon, and another was Hot Moon, for the beginning of the summer heat. The low elevation of any object, rising or setting, results in a greater path length for the light and thus more attenuation. The red appearance of the moon in the image above is due to atmospheric reddening or extinction, the same reason for a ‘red’ sunset. The reference to strawberries is not related to the color of the moon as red such as a strawberry.
#Strawberry moon 2021 full
June’s full moon is known as the “ Strawberry Moon” since it is during this time of year that Strawberries ripen and are thus harvested. In North America and Europe, the name of each month’s moon is linked to nature and related to a particular season or seasonal activity.
Why is June’s full moon the “ Strawberry Moon“? This year’s ‘ Strawberry Moon‘ occurs on Thursday, June 24th. June full moon rising over the sea shore.
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