Strawberry Moon 2019

  • The full moon in June or the last full moon of Spring season is referred to as the Strawberry moon.

Why is it called Strawberry Moon?

  • According to NASA, the name comes from the relatively short season for harvesting strawberries in northeastern North America.
  • The phenomenon is called ‘Strawberry moon’ because the Old Farmer’s Almanac says the Alongquin tribes, based around New England and Lake Superior in the US, marked the phenomenon in concurrence with the strawberry harvest season.
  • They used full moons, rather than the Julian or Gregorian calendar, to mark different seasons of the year.
  • Europeans also called this the Rose ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Buy August 2019 Issue

Already a Member? Login here

Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material before the last six months of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
Be an Annual Subscriber

Related Content

News Snippets