Why is it called a strawberry moon?
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Its time to spot another supermoon in the sky tonight. And its your last chance for a while. Meteorologist Heidi Werosta has a breakdown on why this is called the strawberry moon:  Were talking about the supermoon. Of our next series here or the strawberry moon. And I say series because weve had a series of them over the past couple of months. This will be the last one that we see. Weve already had a few SkySpy photos-- thank you to some of our viewers for sending this in. You can see its just big and bright in the sky. Another closer up shot here from Dickinson. This is our June supermoon and it is appearing bigger and brighter and its the first full moon of the summer. But, its also the last one of 2021. Well, its because strawberries ripen here in the month of June. And, it wont appear red. Although, in some areas it might depending on the atmosphere here. Usually ours is a clean atmosphere. So, its probably just going to be more of that white moon that you typically see. Well it appears bigger and brighter because the moon does not rotate around the earth in a perfect circle. Its an ellipse. So, thats why its going to be a little bit closer this time around. So, get out there and view this moon tonight because this is also the last one until we get to June 14, 2022. So, big and bright in the sky. So, go ahead and do so-- check it out.  Copyright 2021 KFYR. All rights reserved.