This month's full "Strawberry Moon" graces the night sky on June 11, putting on a spectacular show as the fully-lit disk of Earth's natural satellite rides low over the southeastern horizon.

What is a full 'Strawberry Moon'?

A full moon occurs each month when the moon is positioned opposite the sun in Earth's sky, which allows the lunar disk to be fully lit from our perspective. June's full moon is commonly referred to as the "Strawberry Moon" in America, but the nickname isn't a reference to its color (though there's a decent chance it will take on a yellow-orange hue when near the horizon due to our atmosphere's habit of scattering certain wavelengths of light).

Rather, the evocative name is thought to have been coined by the Native American Algonquian tribes in reference to the short

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