Set aside, baseball season. It does not matter, beach season. For astronomy nerds, this summer marks the full moon season. On Tuesday night, sky watchers will witness the first of three summer lunar eclipses. A full moon occurs when a full moon also happens to be at its closest distance from the Earth in its orbit, known as the orbit. The extraterrestrials appear brighter and larger to us on Earth, providing spectacular night vision if the sky is clear. The Moon will appear full moon from Sunday night, but will technically reach full light on Tuesday at 7:52 a.m. east. Around 7:24 p.m. on Tuesday, the moon will be close enough to our Earth to become a supermoon. It will come 222,238 miles from Earth (about 16,000 miles closer to its average distance) and could be about 7 percent larger and 15 percent brighter than a normal full moon. While the criteria for a full moon will be met on Tuesday, the moon will appear full and bright in the night sky from Monday to Wednesday. Check timeanddate.com for local time of sunrise and sunset. Five planets line up in the night sky for the first time in 18 years This month’s full moon will also be the lowest full moon of the year, hovering just 23.3 degrees above the horizon on Wednesday at 1:56 a.m. east, according to NASA. Binoculars, a telescope or a great camera can help you locate craters and mountains on the lunar surface. While the moon will look bigger and brighter, it will also highlight the low and high tides on Earth. Research shows that decades of supermoons have been shown to increase the risk of erosion on sandy beaches. The June full moon is commonly known as the Strawberry Moon, a name given by the Native American Algonquin tribe in the northeastern United States and eastern Canada, and describes the short strawberry harvest season in the region. European names include honey moon and rose moon, which refer to the honey harvest, and roses that bloom at that time. Here are the top astronomical sights for the rest of 2022 Although extraterrestrials are not extremely rare, they do occur every month. A full moon occurs every 29.5 days, while the moon strikes the periphery every 27 days, occasionally overlapping. The June supermoon follows another in May. Next month’s full moon, known as Buck Moon, will occur on July 13 and will also be a supermoon. The moon will be 222,089 miles from Earth and is the nearest supermoon of the year. The August full moon will occur around 12. The strawberry supermoon is just one exciting celestial event happening in June. The summer solstice on June 21 marks the astronomical end of spring and the beginning of summer. On June 24, before dawn, sky observers can also see the Earth’s five closest planetary neighbors in a row for the first time in 18 years.
