In Photos: Strawberry Moon Skims Horizon In Once-In-A-Generation Event
The most southerly full moon for 19 years — the strawberry moon — rose late at night into twilight skies on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The rare occurrence won't happen again until 2043. Here are all the best full moon photos from around the world.
The full strawberry moon rising over Cardiff, Wales, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.
On Tuesday, June 10, the full strawberry moon appeared on the southeast horizon during dusk, as seen around the world. It turned 10% full at 3:45 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
The sixth full moon of 2025 rose farther to the southeast than at any time since 2006, skimming the southern horizon and setting in the southwest.
It was the first full moon of meteorological summer in the Northern Hemisphere and of fall in the Southern Hemisphere. However, astronomical summer and winter, respectively, doesn't begin until the solstice on June 21, 2025.
June's strawberry moon is named after the ripening of the berries in the Northern Hemisphere, though it's also called the flower and rose moon.
The moon can be seen over the Schluchsee. A rare celestial phenomenon appears in the night from June ... More 10 to 11: the strawberry moon Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa (Photo by Philipp von Ditfurth/picture alliance via Getty Images)
The strawberry moon rose so far south because of an 18.6-year cycle called 'major lunar standstill' or 'lunistice.' Across a period of about a year, it sees the moon's path through the sky at its maximum tilt relative to Earth, so at its furthest extreme north and south. In 2025, the strawberry moon was at its most southerly moonrise point since 2006 and until 2043.
The strawberry Moon rises in the sky behind the 5th century B.C. Parthenon temple at the ancient ... More Acropolis hill, in Athens, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
In the eastern sky before sunrise on Monday, June 23, 2025, a slender waning crescent moon will be positioned within half a degree of the Pleiades, an open cluster of stars also known as the Seven Sisters and M45. Venus will shine brightly nearby.
The full Strawberry Moon rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City on June 10, 2025, ... More as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by)
In the western sky after sunset on Friday, June 27, 2025, the planet Mercury — rarely seen by skywatchers — will appear to the lower-left of a 9%-lit waxing crescent moon. It's hard to see from Earth because it's so close to the sun, so it's mostly lost in its glare.
The full moon, also known as the Strawberry Moon rises over St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. ... More Picture date: Tuesday June 10, 2025. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)
In the western sky after sunset on Sunday, June 29, 2025, Mars will be in a very close conjunction with a 23%-lit waxing crescent moon. The two planetary bodies will be just a fifth of a degree apart. For context, a degree in the sky is the width of a little finger held against the sky at arm's length.
People photograph the full Strawberry Moon rise behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the ... More Empire State Building in New York City on June 10, 2025, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey. (Photo by)
June's full moon is the sixth of 12 full moons in 2025, three of which will be supermoons (in October, November and December). September's full moon will be a 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse, though it won't be visible in North America.
The full strawberry moon rises on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, over Cardiff, Wales.
The next full moon will occur on Thursday, July 10. Known as the buck moon, it will be the first full moon of astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere and fall in the Southern Hemisphere.
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