Oh Fabs, we have a great magic moon dancing tonight with our Solstice!
Mon Sherry, you will prolly be the only Fabulous Fab to see this. But it's pretty cool, no?
On June 20, 2016, the Full Moon appears on the same night as the summer solstice.
This hasn't happened since we were tiny Fabettes. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the last time was 1948.
The sun rises at its leftmost spot on the horizon and sets at its rightmost position. By landing exactly on the solstice, this Full Moon doesn’t just rise
as the Sun sets but is opposite the Sun in all other ways too. The Sun gets super high so this Moon must be super-low. Even at its loftiest,
it’s downright wimpy-low. This forces its light through thicker air,
which also tends to be humid this time of year, and the combination
typically makes it amber colored.
This is the true Honey Moon.
It is known by various names: Honey moon and strawberry moon. In Europe they call it the Rose moon, la lune
rose in France. The Chinese call it the lotus moon.
It is called the honey moon because it stays close to the horizon in June, and that
can make it take on an amber color. The Algonquin tribes first called June's full moon a strawberry moon because it coincided with the best time to pick the fruit.
According to NASA, low-hanging moons can look unnaturally large when
they beam through trees, buildings and other foreground objects. It's
been called the "moon illusion."
Why? Nobody actually has a definitive answer. Researchers have been theorizing about it for years.
A low-hanging moon is actually no wider than any other moon (that's
been proven with cameras), but the human brain can see it differently.
If you want to see a big June moon then the best time will be at moonrise.
Tonight! Monday, June 20, at 8:00 PM EDT | 5:00 PM PDT | 00:00 UTC
I'm not sure I did these links correctly and I can't figure out how to make sure. So...
The Old Farmer’s Almanac and Slooh will broadcast the show from the world’s largest telescope right to YOUR computer or mobile from our partner Slooh’s flagship observatory at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands.
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