Super Moon on June 14, 2022: This is the best way to see the strawberry full moon today
Created: 06/14/2022Updated: 06/14/2022 13:23
By: Magdalena von Zumbusch
Strawberry moon over Berlin.
© Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa
The full moon on June 14 has many names that make you want to spend a summer evening: strawberry moon, honey wine moon, hot moon.
How to best observe the supermoon.
Munich – The so-called strawberry moon is expected on June 14, 2022.
The full moon often has a slightly reddish tint on this night and is particularly visible this year.
Strawberry Moon on June 14, 2022: The Many Names of the Full Moon
Every year, the so-called flower moon in May is followed by the strawberry moon in June.
The old German term Brachmond or Brachet goes back to the three-field system, in which the agricultural area was divided into three parts and then cultivated alternately each year, reports the astrology forum
timeanddate.de
: Traditionally, the fallow field was worked in June.
The Algonquin, a tribe of American Aborigines, named the moon after a harvested fruit, according to
timeanddate.de
: In June, the wild strawberries ripen in the homeland of the Algonquin - this is how the name
Strawberry Moon
came about .
The reddish color that the full moon has when it rises and sets in June also played a role in the naming.
And
timeanddate.de
reports other names for the full moon in June that sound like a beautiful summer night: honey moon, rose moon, hot moon, honey wine moon.
The Strawberry Moon in June 2022: Also a Supermoon
The strawberry moon this June will also be a super moon: if the moon comes particularly close to the earth, it will naturally appear larger than usual.
If this time coincides with the full moon or new moon, one speaks colloquially of the "super moon", can be read on
timeanddate.de
.
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The supermoon is particularly spectacular and photogenic when it is just above the horizon directly after moonrise or shortly before moonset.
Then a psychological phenomenon called moon illusion makes the moon appear even larger.
Other exciting celestial phenomena are still waiting for you in 2022: in October, for example, a partial solar eclipse can be observed from Germany.