Photos: Summer solstice full ‘strawberry’ moon
A bird sits on a branch of a tree in front of a full “strawberry” moon with a slight reddish tint in Jacobsdorf near Frankfurt, Germany, on June 20, 2016.
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The June full moon has traditionally been nicknamed the honey moon or the strawberry moon because of its large, reddish-amber appearance in the sky. On June 20-21, 2016, the month’s full moon fell on the first day of summer -- the summer solstice -- for the first time since 1948, according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac.
