Thursday, June 24, 2021

Tonight's Strawberry Moon


Strawberry season was short and sweet in New Jersey this year but you
 can still find luscious berries from California at your local supermarket
or farm stand.  Jersey blueberries and peaches are now in season too!
Photograph Courtesy/ New Jersey 101.5


It will be the lowest moon of the year and the most
colorful, although it will not be red like the delicious
 berry it is named for!

According to the folks over at the Old Farmer's Almanac, 
this month's Full Strawberry Moon will reach peak illumination
at 2:40 pm (EST) but will not be seen until later on in the evening.

This month's full moon is the lowest moon of the year, standing
20 degrees high this evening and on Friday night when it will reach
its apex around 1:00 AM.

Furthermore, lovely Luna will be at her most colorful tonight as 
 her low trajectory must shine through the thickest possible air,
-earth's atmosphere's reddening effect- which will give
her face a lovely amber or honey-colored blush.

Hope the skies are clear tonight where you are!


Photograph courtesy of Space.com






  Moonlight Memory Lane...

Isn't strange how a song can instantly transport

you back to another time and place?



Shadows In The Moonlight
(1979)
Anne Murray




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