Strawberry moon

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Full moon over Bochum, Germany

Strawberry Moon ( English Strawberry Moon ) is a widely held term for a full moon in June . The name received media attention in June 2016, as the astronomical beginning of summer and the June full moon took place on the same day in the USA and the United Kingdom .

Word origin and history

Native Americans did not use any of the calendars in use today to keep track of the year. Instead, they were based on the seasons and phases of the moon . The Algonquin tribe used the term "strawberry moon" because at this time the strawberries were ripe and their harvest began. In Europe the terms "rose moon" or "honey moon" are also common.

Every full moon in June is called a strawberry or rose moon. A red coloring of the moon does not have to be present. A red or orange coloration of the moon is related to the long-wave components of sunlight . By breaking yellow, orange and red light waves, the moon's surface shines in a copper-colored light.

Strawberry Moon 2016

The name Strawberry Moon attracted attention in June 2016. That year, the summer solstice and the June full moon were close together and in the US and UK they took place on the same day. Many English-language media reported about the strawberry moon. It was wrongly spread in Europe that the two events also take place there on the same day. However, the astronomical beginning of summer took place on June 21, 2016 at 00:34 CET, the full moon was seen on June 20, 2016 at 13:02 CET. The next meeting of the two events after Central European Time will take place in 2062.

Use in pop culture

The terms “strawberry moon ” or “rose moon ” are often used in pop culture . A jazz album released in 1987 by Grover Washington, Jr. is entitled Strawberry Moon . The terms are often used, especially in literature. Books have been published under the title Strawberry Moon by Becky Citra and Karen English . Marian Keyes' book Anybody Out There? bears the German title Erdbeermond . Rosenmond are books by Haro Frank and Mella Dumont . Karl-Heinz Biermanns published In the Sign of the Rose Moon .

The Turkish female first name Gülay means "rose moon" or "month in which the roses bloom".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Native American Full Moon Names Full moon names. In: The Old Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved May 6, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Every full moon has its name. June 21, 2011, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Many people talk about the "strawberry moon" at the summer solstice. In: Echo. June 21, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Breaking colored light waves. Retrieved June 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Robert Klages: The strawberry moon was a honey moon. In: Der Tagesspiegel. June 21, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Beginning of summer 2012–2022 Solstices & Equinoxes for Vienna (Surrounding 10 Years). Retrieved May 6, 2017 (English).
  7. ↑ Full moon 1900–2100 Full Moon Dates Between (1900 - 2100). Retrieved May 6, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Grover Washington, Jr. - Strawberry Moon. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Becky Citra: Strawberry Moon . Orca book publishers, 2005, ISBN 1-55143-367-2 (English).
  10. ^ Karen Deutsch: Strawberry Moon . Farrar Straus Giroux, 2001, ISBN 0-374-47122-3 (English).
  11. ↑ Marian Keyes: Strawberry Moon (=  The Walsh Family 4 ). Heyne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-41054-1 (Original title: Anybody Out There? ).
  12. ↑ Haro Frank: Rosenmond 2013 . My bunch of keys to the gates of the kingdom of heaven. Wagner, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86279-957-2 .
  13. ^ Mella Dumont: Rosenmond (=  Colors of Life ). Self-published, 2017, ISBN 978-1-5209-0020-9 .
  14. ^ Karl-Heinz Biermann: In the sign of the rose moon . Wagner, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86279-103-3 .
  15. ↑ Gülay name meaning. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .