--- title: Excellent Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon description: For the first time in nearly 70 years, a full moon rose on the same day as the summer solstice. canonical: https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-21T18:23:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:44:36.823Z article:section: Science og:title: These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing og:description: For the first time in decades, a full moon rose on the summer solstice. og:url: https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing twitter:description: For the first time in decades, a full moon rose on the summer solstice. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jun 21, 2016 6:23 PM CUT by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Jun 21, 2016 6:23 PM CUT ## @roskess ## @dumze\_890627 ## @davedicello ## @maximusupinnyc ## @cscarignan ## @nadinehoyt ## @mhanderson.pics ## @cunningham\_captures ## @roarflolo ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/"},"headline":"These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing","datePublished":"2016-06-21T18:23:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:44:36.823Z","description":"For the first time in nearly 70 years, a full moon rose on the same day as the summer solstice","url":"https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/","keywords":["moon","Instagram","Summer"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4376446/instagrams-strawberry-moon-photos/","name":"These Instagrams of Last Night's Rare Strawberry Moon Are Totally Amazing"}}]}] ```