Daniel Pasternak 21 June 2016 5d 2
Solstice Full Moon
Earth reached the official solstice, when the planet’s northern pole is tipped the most toward the sun.
Solstice moons are relatively rare, although when the last one graced your skies depends on your local time zone. In the U.K., the full moon and the solstice were separated by just a few hours on the morning of June 22, 1967, the dawning of what is widely called the Summer of Love.
The last time the two celestial events happened within an hour of each other was June 21, 1948. And lunar revelers will now have to wait until June 21, 2062 to see the next solstice moon. The full moon can also rise on the December solstice, but that won’t happen again until December 21, 2094, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/strawberry-solstice-m...
Daniel Pasternak 21 June 2016 5d 2
Solstice Full Moon
Earth reached the official solstice, when the planet’s northern pole is tipped the most toward the sun.
Solstice moons are relatively rare, although when the last one graced your skies depends on your local time zone. In the U.K., the full moon and the solstice were separated by just a few hours on the morning of June 22, 1967, the dawning of what is widely called the Summer of Love.
The last time the two celestial events happened within an hour of each other was June 21, 1948. And lunar revelers will now have to wait until June 21, 2062 to see the next solstice moon. The full moon can also rise on the December solstice, but that won’t happen again until December 21, 2094, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/06/strawberry-solstice-m...