{"id":366305,"date":"2026-06-29T17:29:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366305"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:59:04","slug":"strawberry-moon-blue-moon-micromoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/strawberry-moon-blue-moon-micromoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Moon, Blue Moon &amp; Micromoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0June\u2019s full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, has drawn attention to the Strawberry Moon, Blue Moon, and Micromoon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Strawberry Moon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366314\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-366314\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?resize=524%2C290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Strawberry Moon\" width=\"524\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C567&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?resize=768%2C425&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?resize=1536%2C851&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IE-3.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>The <strong>Strawberry Moon<\/strong> is the <strong>traditional name given to the full moon that occurs in June<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Naming:<\/strong>\u00a0Its name comes from <strong>Native American Algonquian tribes<\/strong>, who used it to <strong>track the ripening and harvesting season of wild strawberries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong class=\"Yjhzub\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: &quot;Google Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(10, 10, 10);\">Alternative Names:<\/strong> It is also referred to as the <strong>Hot Moon, Mead Moon, or Rose Moon in other cultures.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Position: <\/strong>It rises in the <strong>southeastern sky<\/strong> and follows the <strong>lowest path across the southern sky.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Atmospheric Physics:<\/strong> As the Strawberry Moon <strong>stays low above the horizon, its light passes through more of Earth&#8217;s atmosphere,<\/strong> where <strong>shorter blue wavelengths are scattered<\/strong>, giving the <strong>Moon a warm golden or orange glow.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Moon Illusion:<\/strong> It often <strong>appears abnormally large when close to the horizon<\/strong> due to the Moon Illusion (an <strong>optical illusion that makes the Moon appear larger against nearby objects<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Blue Moon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meaning:<\/strong>\u00a0A Blue Moon is <strong>identified by the timing of full moons rather than its colour.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Types:<\/strong>\u00a0Blue Moons are of <strong>two types.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>monthly Blue Moon<\/strong> is the <strong>second full moon in a calendar month. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A <strong>seasonal Blue Moon<\/strong> is the <strong>third full moon in an astronomical season<\/strong> that has <strong>four full moons instead of the usual three.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Effect:<\/strong> The Moon <strong>does not turn blue<\/strong>, although <strong>smoke or volcanic ash can sometimes make it appear bluish.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequency:<\/strong>\u00a0Because the <strong>lunar cycle lasts about 29.5 days and does not align perfectly with calendar months<\/strong>, both <strong>monthly and seasonal Blue Moons occur every two to three years.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>About Micromoon<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Meaning:<\/strong>\u00a0A Micromoon <strong>occurs when a full moon coincides with apogee,<\/strong> the <strong>Moon\u2019s farthest point from Earth.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>By contrast, a <strong>full moon at perigee<\/strong>, the <strong>moon\u2019s closest point to Earth in its orbit<\/strong>, is what\u2019s <strong>known as a \u201csupermoon.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cause:<\/strong>\u00a0It occurs because the <strong>Moon follows an elliptical orbit around Earth.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Effect:<\/strong> It appears <strong>roughly 14% smaller and 30% dimmer than a Supermoon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0June\u2019s full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon, has drawn attention to the Strawberry Moon, Blue Moon, and Micromoon. About Strawberry Moon Meaning: The Strawberry Moon is the traditional name given to the full moon that occurs in June. Naming:\u00a0Its name comes from Native American Algonquian tribes, who used it to track the ripening and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/strawberry-moon-blue-moon-micromoon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strawberry Moon, Blue Moon &amp; Micromoon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-366305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}