Strawberry Moon lights up summer sky as June's full moon peaks

Each June, the sky offers a quiet invitation to remember that the heavens have always served as humanity's oldest calendar. This year's Strawberry Moon — named for the wild berries ripening across North America when indigenous peoples and early settlers first marked its arrival — peaks on the evening of June 29th as both the first full moon of summer and a micromoon, appearing smaller than usual as the lunar orbit reaches its farthest point from Earth. It is a modest spectacle by modern standards, requiring no equipment and offering no viral drama, yet it carries within it the unbroken thread