The lunar calendar is an ancient way of measuring and calculating time following the phases of the Earth’s satellite. Knowing the cycles of the moon has traditionally been useful in agriculture, navigation (tides) and other sectors related to Nature. There are also those who maintain that it is used to perform other tasks such as cutting hair or waxing, but above all it is an astronomical guide to know what the night sky will look like. Let’s see what the lunar calendar for June 2023 has in store for us.
You don’t have to wait long to see this month’s full moon, the third and last full moon of spring 2023, as the full moon takes place on Sunday, June 4. The next time the face of the satellite is fully illuminated by the Sun will be in a new season of the year (July 3), since the summer solstice will take place at 4:58 p.m. on June 21.
The moons also have surnames and the one in June is called the Strawberry Moon. The origin of the names goes back to the Native Americans of the North and East of the United States, who for centuries baptized the full moon with different names, evoking a relevant event that coincides in each month, almost always related to agriculture or hunting. In this case, the June full moon coincides with the strawberry harvest season.
As pointed out by the National Geographic Institute (IGN), the dates of the phases of the moon for this month of June 2023 are:
It should be remembered that 2023 is a somewhat exceptional year regarding full moons. The year has 12 months (a total of 365 or 366 days), so it contains about 12.4 lunations. Thus, depending on the fit of the lunar cycles in the calendar, there can be years in which not 12, but 13 full moons occur. This is what will happen this year, with a lunar doublet in August.
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