--- title: Strawberry Moon 2018: What Time to Watch description: As the sun sets on Wednesday, June 25, stargazers will be able to catch sight of an annual lunar event known as the Strawberry Moon. canonical: https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-27T22:00:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:17.127Z og:title: Here's the Best Time to See the Strawberry Moon og:description: It's the most colorful full moon of the year og:url: https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d9f7ecab1375f48/69893404656a3fbf26bd4cf7/gettyimages-694700326.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Strawberry Moon rises over New York City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Best Time to See the Strawberry Moon twitter:description: It's the most colorful full moon of the year twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d9f7ecab1375f48/69893404656a3fbf26bd4cf7/gettyimages-694700326.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Best Time to See the One-and-Only Strawberry Moon of 2018  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 27, 2018 10:00 PM UTC  The Strawberry Moon rises over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on June 06, 2017 in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) The Strawberry Moon rises over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on June 06, 2017 in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images)VIEW press—Corbis via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 27, 2018 10:00 PM UTC As the sun sets on Wednesday, June 27, stargazers will be able to catch sight of an annual lunar event known as the [Strawberry Moon](http://time.com/4377127/strawberry-moon-space-station-photos/). The Strawberry Moon—a North American nickname for June’s [full moon](http://time.com/4666332/full-moon-lunar-eclipse-comet-watch/)—owes its fruit-inspired moniker to the Algonquin tribes of Native Americans, as it appears at the time of year when they would harvest [strawberries](http://time.com/5234787/dirty-dozen-pesticides/). In other parts of the world, it is also known as the Honey Moon, Hot Moon and Full Rose Moon. It is the most colorful of all the full moons. In the United States, the peak of the Strawberry Moon won’t actually occur until 12:53 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 28\. Or, if you’re on the West Coast, 9:53 p.m. PT on Wednesday. However, due to the brightness of the moon in the night sky, the best time to really get a good look is right when it’s rising—around 8:05 p.m. ET or 7:51 p.m. PT, according to [_Travel and Leisure_.](https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/strawberry-moon-2018)  The Strawberry Moon rises over lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center on June 06, 2017 in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) VIEW press—Corbis via Getty Images “My favorite time to watch the full moon is as it is rising over the eastern horizon. When the moon is low on the horizon, it allows you to capture the view with objects in the foreground, making the moon appear bigger,” said [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/strawberry-moon-2018/index.html) meteorologist Judson Jones. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/"},"headline":"Here's the Best Time to See the One-and-Only Strawberry Moon of 2018","datePublished":"2018-06-27T22:00:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:17.127Z","description":"It's the most colorful full moon of the year","url":"https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","moon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d9f7ecab1375f48/69893404656a3fbf26bd4cf7/gettyimages-694700326.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d9f7ecab1375f48/69893404656a3fbf26bd4cf7/gettyimages-694700326.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Strawberry Moon rises over New York City","caption":"Strawberry Moon rises over New York City","creditText":"VIEW press—Corbis via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5324054/strawberry-moon-2018-what-time/","name":"Here's the Best Time to See the One-and-Only Strawberry Moon of 2018"}}]}] ```