Stargazers around the world will be able to enjoy the glow of the Strawberry Moon on Thursday night.
According to NASA, the “marginal supermoon” will appear opposite the sun in Earth-based longitude at 2:40 p.m. ET for much of the Earth, though it won’t be visible until it appears above the horizon.
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In addition, because the sun appears highest in the sky on the summer solstice and full moons are “opposite the sun,” a full moon near the summer solstice will be low in the sky, the agency said in a blog post.
The moon rises as a Metrorail car crosses the Potomac river in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 2019.
(Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
“Particularly for Europe’s higher latitudes, when the full moon is low it shines through more atmosphere, making it more likely to have a reddish color (for the same reasons that sunrises…
