Partial Eclipse of the Strawberry Moon – NASA Science
On June 4th, 2012, there’s going to be a full Moon. According to Native American folklore it’s the Strawberry Moon, so-called because the short season for harvesting strawberries comes during the month of June.
This Strawberry’s going to have a bite taken out of it.
At 3:00 am Pacific Daylight Time, not long before sunrise on Monday, June 4th, the Moon passes directly behind our planet. A broad stretch of lunar terrain around the southern crater Tycho will fall under the shadow of Earth, producing the first lunar eclipse of 2012. At maximum eclipse, around 4:04 am PDT, 37% of the Moon’s surface will be in the dark. …
On the Atlantic side of the United States, the eclipse occurs just as the Moon is setting in the west–perfect timing for the Moon illusion. …
A partial lunar eclipse in June 2010. Credit: Jared Aicher of Boise, Idaho
The eclipsed moon, hanging low in the west at daybreak on June 4th, will seem extra-large to US observers east of the Mississippi. …
