Did anybody notice the sky on 9th June evening? It was unusually bright right? It was a full moon day. Not just any other full moon day, It was the strawberry mini moon.
A full moon in June is known as “the strawberry mini moon”. Wondering why the name strawberry? It has nothing to do with the color of the strawberry. It is a season when the strawberries are ripe for picking and the Native Americans named the moon after that as the events coincide. It is also referred as mini moon because it appears 14% smaller that other full moons.
It might be a surprise as to how the moon can change its size right? but, NO! it doesn’t change its size. This full moon is at its farthest point from the earth which makes it look smaller than usual. So, this is the smallest moon of the year 2017.
This infographic by astrophotographer Tony Surma-Hawes shows the apparent size difference between the “supermoon” of Nov. 14, 2016, and the “minimoon” on June 9, 2017. During a supermoon, the moon looks bigger because it is closer to Earth. A minimoon appears smaller because the moon is at its apogee, or the most distant point in its orbit.
On Friday (June 9), the moon reached its peak full phase about 15 hours after it reached apogee, or the closest point to Earth in its orbit.
This was an beautiful evening, as the sky was bright and the moon looked beautiful. Did anyone miss the view? Don’t worry!!
Here are few pictures that was captured as time lapse :
- A picture captured by Adrien Mauduit(Photographer) Denmark, on June 10, one day after the Strawberry Moon was at its fullest.
- A picture of Strawberry Minimoon rising over New York City, while a British Airways plane descends toward Newark Liberty International Airport captured by Stan Honda on June 9.
- A Time Lapse of the moon over New York’s Brooklyn Bridge captured by astrophotographer Gowrishankar L. on June 9.
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