Amy Sayle Science Education Specialist at the Morehead Planetarium

June’s full moon, often referred to as the “strawberry moon,” was visible in North Carolina on Tuesday night. But you had to stay up late to see it. In fact, this year’s strawberry moon will sit the lowest in the sky in decades due to a phenomenon that causes the moon’s tilted orbit to be dragged around by the sun’s gravitational influence, according to EarthSky.org. Though the moon does appear a reddish color when it’s close to the horizon, the name “strawberry moon” has nothing to do with its color. Amy Sayle, Science Education Specialist at the Morehead Planetarium, joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss the Strawberry Moon.