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June's Strawberry Moon treats skywatchers to a rare low-riding show (photos) News
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Here are the best photos of the lowest full moon in over a decade.

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The full Strawberry Moon is pictured next to the spire of the Empire
State Building skyscraper in New York.

The full Strawberry Moon pictured rising next to the Empire State
Building in New York. (Image credit: Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) June's full 'Strawberry Moon' lit up the night sky last night, treating skywatchers to a rare once-in-a-18-year display as it rode low across
the southern horizon.

Skywatchers were served the lowest full moon in almost two decades,
thanks in part to a quirk of orbital mechanics known to astronomers as a
"major lunar standstill". This phenomenon occurs over a two-year period
when the moon's tilted orbit is at its greatest inclination relative to
our planet's celestial equator (which is essentially Earth's normal
equator projected out into space).

During a major lunar standstill, the moon can be seen rising and setting
at more extreme positions on the horizon, while tracking a very high —
or low — path through the night sky depending on the time of year.
June's Strawberry Moon occurs close to the southern solstice for those
in the southern hemisphere, which means that it's never particularly
high in the sky to begin with. The major lunar standstill exacerbated
this effect, making the June full moon the lowest full moon in almost
two decades.

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This month's full Strawberry Moon was named for the brief fruit picking
season that occurs around this time each year by Algonquian, according
to the Old Farmer's Almanac.

Read on to see the best pictures of the 2025 Strawberry Moon as captured
by the global astrophotography community. As always, if you missed last
night's full moon don't worry. The lunar disk will continue to appear
(almost) fully lit for the next few nights, so be sure to read up on the
best practices for observing and photographing the lunar surface as it transitions to a waning gibbous moon in the coming days.

The best photos of the June 2025 full Strawberry Moon
Space enthusiast Marwella Zhang was able to capture this detailed
portrait of the Flower Moon around midnight from Bangka Island in
Indonesia, while grappling with the haze caused by tropical storm Wutip.

"After sunset, the sky was starting to get clear," Zhang told Space.com
in an email. "I took my first shot, but the sky was still hazy. By
midnight, as it had been predicted, the sky got clear, and I took the opportunity to get a better shot of the moon."

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A full moon is pictured against a black sky.

The full Strawberry Moon captured by Marwella Zhang in June 2025. (Image credit: Marwella Zhang)
New York's photography contingent also showed up in force to capture
stunning compositions of the full moon framed by the iconic city
skyline. Photographer Gary Hershorn was able to position himself to
capture the orange orb of the Strawberry Moon hanging above the spire of
the Empire State Building on the night of June 10.

The orange disk of the full Strawberry Moon is seen hanging above New
York City at night, positioned just above the Empire State Building
skyscraper.

The Strawberry Moon seen rising over New York on June 10. (Image credit:
Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Hershorn also used a powerful lens to snap the moment Earth's natural
satellite appeared to brush up against the famous landmark, creating a
colorful scene that blends the warm reflected sunlight bouncing off the
lunar surface with the glow of the city beneath.

The full Strawberry Moon is pictured next to the spire of the Empire
State Building skyscraper in New York.

The Strawberry Moon brushing the tip of the Empire State Building in
2025. (Image credit: Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Kristin Louise Raught caught a striking view of the Strawberry Moon
hanging over the ghostly form of Mt. Rainier in Washington State on June
10. "I went out to get a photo of the moon directly over Tahoma (Mt.
Rainier) but I saw the ferry coming and wanted to include it in the
photo," Raught told Space.com in an email.

"Rather than wait for the moon to align with the mountain, I decided to
instead catch the ferry at the last possible moment before it
disappeared behind the building on the pier," explained Raught. "I
wanted to preserve the detail in the moon, so I opted for less light in
the photo overall. I was happy that the sailboat was positioned so
perfectly at this moment, it adds a wonderful detail to the photo."

a yellow-orange full moon is pictured rising above a lake, with a
snow-capped mountain faintly visible in the background.

June's full Strawberry Moon seen rising over Mt. Rainier. (Image credit: Kristin Louise Raught)
Andrew von Rathonyi took a different approach when eyeing the moon from
the town of Irondequoit, New York, choosing to frame the celestial body
as it appeared to graze the top of a low-hanging cloud, illuminating its fringes with reflected sunlight.

An orange hued full moon is pictured illuminating the cloud beneath it
against a black sky.

The yellow-tinged form of June's full moon caught illuminating nearby
clouds. (Image credit: Andrew von Rathonyi (AvR Digital Photography))
One particularly striking shot was captured by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed
Ahmed in the city of Halabja, Iraq, which featured the silhouette of a
man playing the violin on a hillside, framed by the rising form of the
full moon.

The silhouette of a man playing the violin is seen framed by the disk of
a rising moon against a black sky.

The silhouette of a man playing the violin is seen framed by the disk of
the rising Strawberry Moon. (Image credit: Photo by Ahsan Mohammed Ahmed Ahmed/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Ismael Adnan Yaqoob was able to snap the Strawberry Moon as it rose
above a ferris wheel in the Iraqi city of Duhok on the night of June 10,
at which point it had moved further from the horizon, losing the orange
glow of moonrise.

A full moon is pictured rising between the lights of a ferris wheel
against a black sky.

The full moon pictured against the lights of a ferris wheel. (Image
credit: Photo by Ismael Adnan Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Photographer Isla Terli was able to snap the silhouette of a passenger
airliner from Turkey as it passed across the face of the full Strawberry
Moon, along with the prominent craters, ejecta rays and lunar seas that
mark its surface.

The outline of a passenger airline is seen silhouetted against the disk
of a full moon hanging against a black sky.

The outline of a passenger airline captured against the Strawberry
Moon's disk in June 2025. (Image credit: Photo by Isa Terli/Anadolu via
Getty Images)
Twitter/X user @VeronicaJoPo caught the Strawberry Moon traveling low
over Ely Cathedral in the town of Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, in the
UK around the full moon phase.


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Finally, photographer Isla Terli was able to capture this atmospheric
shot of the Strawberry Moon rising over the Selimiye Mosque in the
Turkish city of Edirne, soon after it had emerged from below the
southeastern horizon.

A full moon is pictured rising over the city of Edirne in Turkey.

June's full moon seen rising over the city of Edirne in Turkey. (Image
credit: Photo by Turhan Ulgudur/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Remember, the Strawberry Moon will appear almost completely lit in the
nights following its full moon phase, which occurred at 3:44 a.m. EDT
(0744 GMT) in the early hours of June 11 for viewers in New York.

Editor's Note: If you capture a picture of the Strawberry Moon and want
to share your astrophotography with Space.com's readers, then please
send your photo(s), comments, name and location to spacephotos@space.com.

Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions,
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let us know at: community@space.com.

Anthony Wood
Anthony Wood
Skywatching Writer
Anthony Wood joined Space.com in April 2025 after contributing articles
to outlets including IGN, New Atlas and Gizmodo. He has a passion for
the night sky, science, Hideo Kojima, and human space exploration, and
can’t wait for the day when astronauts once again set foot on the moon.

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