Strawberry Moon Canada sightings & time; Find out why the full moon is called strawberry

A strawberry moon will be visible in Cana today. This will be one of rarer sightings of moon to be seen this year. While western hemisphere will see a strawberry moon, Eastern hemisphere will have quite a different look and will rar look dark and sliver. Nasa confirmed that moon will appear at 1:45 pm EDT and will also be in a penumbral lunar eclipse, according to  Farmer's Almanac. 

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Though year 2020 may t have been going well, year has been called 'Crazy Moon Year' as we are seeing super moons in 2020 after a long time. full moon in June will be seen from 11:15 pm IST on June 5th to 12:54 am on June 6th in India. full moon is being called Honey Moon as well as Rose moon in Europe. It also coincides with lunar eclipse. Even Europe will be seeing same eclipse but as reported, many won't be able to see moon due to cloudy skies, though wear might change. Also, a penumbral lunar eclipse happens when sun, moon and Earth are perfectly aligned and Earth blocks off a little light to get to moon causing a partial eclipse.     

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Why is moon called Strawberry Moon?

While general reason why moon is called a Strawberry Moon is related to tritional reasons, moon will t look pink. Usually, wild strawberry season always comes in May and  Algonquin tribe always believed that June meant it was time to harvest wild strawberries. Algonquin is a native tribe found in Cana and England and it usually named months after some seasonal change. Most of new names for full moon have been opted from old native names.  

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While sight of full moon will only technically be caught on 5th of June, moon will pretty much look same on 6th as well as 7th of month. This also makes se days a perfect time to catch natural satellite in its natural beauty. 

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